I found this interview with Rose Wang (maybe the same one you read?) quite reassuring. Of course, she will be putting as positive a spin on it as she can, but she does emphasize how it has been set up to make it easy for people to move if they are dissatisfied with it.
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2024-11-26/rose-wang-bluesky-coo-people-are-tired-of-the-algorithm-deciding-everything.html
Timothy Gowers
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