{"id":155657,"date":"2025-03-13T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/bluesky-quickly-sold-out-of-the-t-shirt-its-ceo-wore-to-troll-mark-zuckerberg-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:19:58","slug":"bluesky-quickly-sold-out-of-the-t-shirt-its-ceo-wore-to-troll-mark-zuckerberg-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/bluesky-quickly-sold-out-of-the-t-shirt-its-ceo-wore-to-troll-mark-zuckerberg-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluesky quickly sold out of the t-shirt its CEO wore to troll Mark Zuckerberg | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/10\/at-sxsw-bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-pokes-fun-at-mark-zuckerberg-with-latin-phrase-t-shirt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took the SXSW stage<\/a> this week, she managed to make fun of Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning Meta at all. Her black t-shirt was emblazoned with black text stretching across the chest and sleeves, similar to the style of <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/09\/25\/what-does-mark-zuckerbergs-shirt-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a t-shirt that the billionaire founder wore<\/a> at an event last year. Graber\u2019s shirt declared in Latin, <em>Mundus sine Caesaribus<\/em>. Or, \u201ca world without Caesars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Bluesky, users expressed such excitement over Graber\u2019s t-shirt that the platform decided to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/worldwithoutcaesars.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">sell replicas<\/a> to raise money for its developer ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $40 shirt available in sizes S \u2013 XL sold out in a matter of minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zuckerberg has drawn comparisons between himself and the Roman dictator Julius Caesar \u2014 the particular shirt of his that Graber is referencing said <em>Aut Zuck aut nihil<\/em>, or \u201cZuck or nothing.\u201d It\u2019s a nod to the Latin phrase <em>Aut Caesar aut nihil<\/em>, befitting of the Roman leader\u2019s regime. (Yes, it is weird that Zuck goes out of his way to compare himself to a violent dictator).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though it\u2019s tiny compared to Meta\u2019s empire, Bluesky\u2019s decentralized, open source infrastructure imagines a form of social media where individual executives don\u2019t hold all the power. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It creates the opportunity for any developer to contribute to the platform\u2019s growth. So, Graber\u2019s shirt isn\u2019t just a petty swipe at a much larger competitor \u2014 it represents the ethos that Bluesky is trying to live up to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf a billionaire came in and bought Bluesky, or took it over, or if I decided tomorrow to change things in a way that people really didn\u2019t like, then they could fork off and go on to another application,\u201d Graber said at SXSW. \u201cThere\u2019s already applications in the network that give you another way to view the network, or you could build a new one as well. And so that openness guarantees that there\u2019s always the ability to move to a new alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/03\/13\/bluesky-quickly-sold-out-of-the-t-shirt-its-ceo-wore-to-troll-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Bluesky CEO Jay Graber took the SXSW stage this week, she managed to make fun of Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning Meta at all. Her black t-shirt was emblazoned with black text stretching across the chest and sleeves, similar to the style of a t-shirt that the billionaire founder wore at an event last year. 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