Bluesky is building a protocol for public conversation that can make social networks work more like email, blogs, or phone numbers — the open systems that power the rest of our online lives.
Starting yesterday, you don’t have to be logged in to view posts on Bluesky!
And also, they have a logo now! 🦋
Will Bluesky defeat Meta/Threads?
Because X/Twitter is a dead as Myspace.
Teehee.
@chrismessina ha X is actually the most active network in part of with the greatest sense of community. But I’m also on Bluesky cause I’m curious and I like the butterfly as a logo.
I upvoted just because the early days of an app are great when reach is still free. My favorite author is there so that helps. But having done social for 23 years, I can tell you the spammers have always eventually show up. Will Bluesky find a way to beat them or will ad dollars get in the way? The only way to find out is by joining. No, not paid to shill. Just reading sci-fi tonight.
It’s a carbon copy of old twitter, with a younger, different community. I will readily admit that X has turned into a really terrible user experience, but I’m not sure the old thing that worked up until Elon‘s takeover can launch again from scratch today. I do believe a new great social app will emerge. I think it’s going to have to look new and do something different to stick.
We’ve been using Bluesky to stay a bit closer to the dev community – and honestly, it’s been great.
Clean interface, no algorithm trying to outsmart you, and real conversations with people who actually care.
We share updates there too – new PHP versions, features in MAMP PRO, that kind of stuff. If you want feedback without the usual Twitter noise, Bluesky’s a solid place right now.
Finally. Twitter turning to X, or new 4chan, left us with Threads, which never fixed the stuff that was as problem from the start. It just works. It's not that hard of a thing to do. Just make something that does what twitter did before Elon got there. Took a while but seems like Bluesky did it. Thanks
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