Really curious about Blue Sky’s group capabilities, something I have been wondering about for a while.
Adam Lake
@alake.bsky.social
Imagining the Art of the Possible for Democratic Societies at Mosaic Foundation. https://www.mosaic.social/
Lately, I’ve seen people get caught up in Trump and Musk’s trolling, wasting energy on culture war distractions. They thrive on outrage, but we need to focus on what matters: protecting our institutions and building a strong, united people’s movement. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize.
The future of the open social web is brighter than ever 🌐
Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2y agoThis is a monumental day for the future of the open web, though it might not be obvious for a while. Mastodon matures its governance model with a great, solid non-profit blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-... and a coalition of independents push to open up Bluesky's AT Protocol: freeourfeeds.com
Donations to Biden's inaugural fund in 2021: Meta = $0 Tim Cook = $0 Sam Altman = $0 Google = $200,000 Amazon = $200,000 Donations to Trump's inaugural fund in 2025: Meta = $1,000,000 Tim Cook = $1,000,000 Sam Altman = $1,000,000 Google = $1,000,000 Amazon = $1,000,000 The oligarchy is here.
@skyseed.fund is protocol governance a concern for Skyseed? Is there a conflict of interest with the for profit, Blue Sky (albeit a Benefit Corp), governing over ATproto, something intended to be an open commons? I think funding nonprofit governance dev alongside technical projects would be wise.
Politicians understand the public’s real struggles, but big money ensures they can’t act upon them. Jon Stewart and @sanders.senate.gov call for financial reform in politics. #TheWeeklyShow
Social media right now is a game of pick your favorite (or least bad) corporate autocracy. Blue Sky has the opportunity to usher us into a new paradigm of media and social sense making, if they stick to their mission. I hope management considers spinning off a nonprofit to govern ATproto.
Since writing began, creating text took far more effort than consuming it. As technology advanced, this gap closed. Now, with AI, the scales have flipped—creating content is often faster and easier than consuming it.
None of the existing candidates "seems up to reinvigorating the DNC to make it central to the party’s — and democracy’s — revival. If the DNC wants someone ...to shake up the party— then Wisconsin chair @benwikler.bsky.social is the obvious choice." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Dems’ future — and democracy itself — might depend on the DNC chairman pick
Only one person represents the change Democrats need.
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This is an excellent summary of the state the social web. People using Bluesky, Threads (those who’ve federated), Mastodon, Flipboard and other apps built on AT Proto and ActivityPub are rapidly forming a new open social graph that is making human connection a formal part of the open web.
Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2y agoI wrote about the week on Bluesky and why it gives me hope. Most of this is trying to contextualize its popularity alongside Threads, which is trash and has cannibalized Mastodon in what (IMO!!!) is a really harmful way thus far www.404media.co/the-great-mi...
Here are some news sources that I recommend. The Lever: www.youtube.com/@LeverNews/ The Free Press: www.youtube.com/@thefreepress More Perfect Union: www.youtube.com/@moreperfect...
There is a critique and concern that Blue Sky is just for lefties. Do you think this is true? Do you want it to be true? I for one think Blue Sky should be for everyone. We should highlight the benefits of real transparency, algorithmic choice, and an open protocol, as compared to X and Facebook.
Liberals FLEE Elon Twitter For Safe Spaces
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I still think there is hope. We need moonshots for social and political change that can thread the needle of we are going to avoid major environmental and civilization collapse.
The End of the Possibility Space of all meaningful human activities is imminent. D Schmachtenberger
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A deeper dive into the promise of Blue Sky and the new paradigm of social media the underlying protocol, atproto, can enable. youtu.be/s5t427SRkvk?...
Make Identity Central Again, with Bluesky’s Jay Graber
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Cornel West, Andrew Yang, and... me. I'm grateful to have the chance to join Ramesh Srinivasan's formidable new podcast, Utopias—where we talk protest, platforms, and power. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/episodes/16110084... https://nathanschneider.info/?p=7112
Wait. It just occurred to me. The push by a ton of MAGA folks in the Missouri v. Biden case (including the district court ruling) was that effectively NO White House official could talk to any social media company without violating the First Amendment. Yet now Elon Musk will be a WH official.
So much noise, almost no signal. How do we navigate this turbulent world with no room for nuance?
Bluesky is a PBC (public benefit corporation) with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” From the start, our goal has been to build a decentralized social network that is usable by the mainstream.
AAstral doesn't use social media anymore@astralphnx.bsky.social · 2y ago
I see it as a real accomplishment that BSky and ATProto have managed to finally crack the code of making decentralized, open source based social media actually appealing and usable by the masses and mainstream. It's a HUGE step in the right direction and should be celebrated
rare to have a social network where the CEO isn't the main character and we'd like to keep it that way but for the record, @jay.bsky.team is the CEO of bluesky, jack dorsey is no longer on the board and he owns 0% of the company
This might be the first time an open source app is at the top of the app store. Definitely the first open source social app.
P(aul) Frazee@pfrazee.com · 2y agoHere’s the source code by the way github.com/bluesky-soci...