Probably subscriptions or paid tipping or something 

 Can a subscription cover that?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24278666/bluesky-working-on-premium-subscription 

 no need to monetize if the userbase is growing fast enough. It’s like paying with equity. Money is for buying attention. 

 Well, at some point the investors are going to want to some sort return on their investment. I doubt attention equity is going to appease them, unless there's some additional plan to use that attention to generate money.  

 it usually ends with selling the whole thing to the biggest fool or lobbyist 

 If that happens, you can bet the new owners will find a way monetizing user attention and engagement.  

 yup. and then a new network will get born 

 Probably some sort of premium subscription. Although I don't know which features will be exclusively for premium members.  

 I heard they're planning to sell premium memberships like Twatter

Not sure what the perks will be tho 

 Probs similar to nostr. Lots of hobbyist infrastructure which can work quite well. The bigger question for me is how will its central registry handle state attack? 

 Yes 

 Ads and data collection; they'll have no other choice. 

 My thinking as well. I doubt many would pay for a subscription. And even if they did, it’s unlikely to satisfy investors.