🦋 Bluesky Social
- Bluesky federation goes livebsky.social Bluesky: An Open Social Web - Bluesky
Today, we’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating, or opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data.
- A complete guide to Bluesky, by Kuba Sudermackuba.eu A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋
I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed asking about things. This of course got much longer than I planned 😅
One excerpt I find concerning about this project: > The company is set up as a “public benefit corporation”, which basically means (in my non-US layman understanding) that it is a business and it’s meant to make profit, but that profit is not it’s only and main goal. It can and should have other, more noble goals that benefit the public, as the term implies, in this case: creating a protocol for decentralized social apps that everyone can build on. > > At the moment, they don’t have a clear plan on how the company is going to make money on the platform – the general idea is to build some extra paid services on top for users and developers. They said they don’t plan to ever add ads and they promise they won’t “enshittify” the service in future. In any case, they’re explicitly building the network to be resilient even in the unlikely scenario that they themselves “turn evil” in the future – the network is meant to be “billionaire-proof”, impossible to completely take over by one guy with too much money.
- Can’t decide between Bluesky, Mastodon and Nostr? Nootti’s new app lets you post to all threetechcrunch.com Can't decide between Bluesky, Mastodon and Nostr? Nootti's new app lets you post to all three. | TechCrunch
Managing a social presence these days can be tough. It's even tougher for those who are experimenting with the new wave of Twitter-like services, like
- Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social mediatechcrunch.com Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media | TechCrunch
As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.
- As Threads deprioritizes politics, Bluesky's CEO touts custom feeds and user choice in social media | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com As Threads deprioritizes politics, Bluesky's CEO touts custom feeds and user choice in social media | TechCrunch
Meta is in hot water after announcing plans to remove politics from its recommendations across Instagram and Threads, its new Twitter-like app for
- TechScape: Bluesky opens up to the world – but can anything really replace Twitter?www.theguardian.com TechScape: Bluesky opens up to the world – but can anything really replace Twitter?
After a year in invite-only beta mode, anyone can sign up for the new social network. Whether they will want to stay is another matter
- Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’www.wired.com Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won’t ‘Enshittify the Network With Ads’
WIRED spoke with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber about the X competitor opening signups to all, how to crowdsource deepfake porn moderation, Jack Dorsey, and more.
- Bluesky is finally open to everyone. But will anyone come? We ask its CEO.www.businessinsider.com Bluesky is finally open to everyone. But will anyone come? We ask its CEO.
Bluesky is opening up to all new users after months of being invite-only. Has the hype worn off for the X alternative? We asked its CEO, Jay Graber.
- Comic explaining Bluesky by David Bickford (with alt text)
!A multi-panel comic. Two characters stand amidst a pile of rubble. One says, 'I think it's time to leave old social. This keeps happening. I have to start over again. I'm tired.' The two characters board a boat. Jay says, 'Don't worry! Better things are ahead at Bluesky!' They arrive to a beautiful, festive area that has buildings labeled News, Discover, Art, Science, and more. !A multi-panel comic. Jay says, 'At Bluesky, you choose what you want to see instead of being held to the whims of a blackbox algorithm. There are already tens of thousands of feeds! Anyone can make or subscribe to feeds!' A troll appears. Jay says, 'And for things you don't want to see, you can stack additional layers of moderation as easily as following a new account.' Poof! Fences go up and the troll disappears. Jay continues to describe Bluesky's open network. 'With Bluesky, everything is connected. Dock at any port — you can explore the entire network. And wherever you go, your whole network comes with you.' !A multi-panel comic. One character says, 'At Bluesky, I can customize my own experience and if I move, everything comes with me?!' Jay smiles and says, 'Yes, it's the last social account you'll ever have to create!' The two run across a bridge towards a magical mountainside. They say, 'Come on, let's go explore!'
- Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch
Bluesky looks and functions like Twitter at the outset, but the platform stands out because of what lies under the hood.
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