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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 12h

a third way: social media without engagement metrics front and center — instead, they are represented by an abstracted “rarity indicator” symbol in the bottom corner of a post card

experience bluesky this way: anisota.net

a post card in anisota that has a star rarity instead of metrics

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Somnia Eduardi @somnia.edouard.paris · 12h

One of the best account to follow and read through the Anisota 🔍 is certainly @publicdomainrev.bsky.social

A screenshot of apublicdomainreview post through the anisota interface

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 12h

a third way: social media without engagement metrics front and center — instead, they are represented by an abstracted “rarity indicator” symbol in the bottom corner of a post card

experience bluesky this way: anisota.net

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 1d

New Eclosion 🕯️

The backs of cards have been totally redesigned so you can see post engagements, the author's avatar, and advanced profile context like raw ATProto data.

Now you can see who liked, reposted, or quoted a particular post without leaving the app!

Step inside: anisota.net

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 1d

i know 😭 it will be worth it once things are finished!!

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 1d

Lastly, we've unified many of the navigational controls under a single "Navigation Button" represented by a compass icon. You can tap this button to quickly flip a card over, switch feeds, go to the top of the card stack, and more!

See it for yourself: anisota.net

More to come!

a view of the control row in anisota showing the new compass navigation button that let's you do multiple actions under one button

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 1d

Also, if you're an ATProto nerd/dev, there's now a new "Inspect Record" control button that let's you dive deeper into a record's data without ever leaving the Anisota experience! It's simple at the moment, but it will improve over time. See backlinks via @microcosm.blue!

Try it out: anisota.net

An inspect post modal in Anisota that shows JSON of the record and a backlinks tab.

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 1d

New Eclosion 🕯️

The backs of cards have been totally redesigned so you can see post engagements, the author's avatar, and advanced profile context like raw ATProto data.

Now you can see who liked, reposted, or quoted a particular post without leaving the app!

Step inside: anisota.net

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Screen Gems (aka lime360) @yoyle.city · 2d

first anisota post

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 3d

A image of a moth with checkmarks and the United States map that has an American flag and then a governmental seal in text overlay that says this post was fact check by real American moths

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 3d

hmmm odd, i wonder if it somehow is rounding up to 3% when it gets to like 2.9 or something will look into it

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 3d

oh weird, did it start working at >4?

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dame @dame.is · 5d

bluesky zen mode, aka @anisota.net

alex benzer @internet.bsky.social · 5d

if @bsky.app introduced a "Zen Mode" — what do you think it would be? what problem would you want it to solve?

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dame @dame.is · 8d

really kind mention/shoutout from @sachajudd.com about @anisota.net and @flushes.app in this article 🕯️🖤🧻

great read overall if u wanna understand more about the ATmosphere!

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

Great article.

- scrolling without the doom
- just moderate why don't you
- you can check out anytime you like

"Once people understand that they can build pretty much anything on top of atproto, I think things are going to get delightful and different."

newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/noth...

nothin' but blue skies from now on

Some of you know that I work part-time with the team at Graze Social. It seems gauche to talk about a day job in your passion project newsletter, but in this...

newsletter.sachajudd.com

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 9d

looking into this, they should be properly ranked but there might be a bug, ty for flagging!

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dame @dame.is · 9d

in the upcoming @anisota.net eclosion, i'm revamping the backs of the cards to look nicer and display more helpful information about posts — i.e. who engaged with the post, info about its author, etc

is there anything you'd like to see on the back of post cards? currently it's just the raw json

a back of a post card in anisota showing the post's raw json data

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 9d

ah looks like a bug, ty for flagging!

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dame @dame.is · 12d

my monarch live stream is back online this morning on @stream.place — it's going to be a big day, 3 monarchs are about to eclose anytime now!!

WATCH LIVE: https://stream.place/dame.is

3 dark chrsyalis hanging from the enclosure

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 13d

they’re talking about impromptu slug photoshoots on the anisota community feed

Rachel (ɹeɪt͡ʃəl) Taylor, envelope maker ✉️ @rachelvetica.bsky.social · 13d

I just saw a slug on my walk and now I'm doing an impromptu slug photoshoot

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gary online @gary.onl · 14d

Really digging this card-based Bluesky client, @anisota.net. It's so unique and minimal. Weird to get used to but now I can't stop using it. Worth checking out for sure!

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 14d

currently more control over auth is not supported by the protocol Bluesky is built on, but it is in development! The way Anisota is built, auth naturally expires after a week or so by default

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brendan @schlage.town · 17d

and @dame.is made Leaflet posts readable in @anisota.net which is super cool

speaking of, big shout out to Anisota as emblematic of the atproto spirit — great example of taking the bsky shortform experience in radically different creative directions, mixing the new + the familiar!

dame @dame.is · Aug 25

I finally sat down and wrote more about what @anisota.net actually is and what I hope to see happen with it... published on @leaflet.pub, readable on @anisota.net:

https://anisota.net/profile/dame.is/document/3lxankooyf22l

a screenshot of anisota showing a new long form leaflet post titled "what is anisota.net?"

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dame @dame.is · 19d

it’s sunday — if you’re still online and want to have a more enjoyable bluesky experience, try using @anisota.net… it’s an experimental/weird user interface for bluesky that can foster intentionality and maybe even relaxation

there’s no traditional scrolling, oh and try the fullscreen mode 🕯️🌱

anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 21d

New Eclosion 🕯️

Anisota-only posts are here! They're identical to Bluesky posts but use a custom lexicon so they don't appear on Bluesky at all.

Narrowcast to just the world of Anisota for a cozier, more intimate audience.

🦋 "app.bsky.feed.post"
🖤 "net.anisota.feed.post"

Join: anisota.net

an anisota post in anisota with an orange glow:

good morning, anisota!

this is an example of a post published to the world of Anisota rather than Bluesky... it's the same as a Bluesky post, but it won't appear on Bluesky

publish to just Anisota for a narrowcasting experience that might be cozier and more intimate

"net.anisota.feed.post"

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anisota 🕯️ @anisota.net · 20d

still working on getting this fixed — basically what’s happening under the hood is that at certain intervals a record is saved that contains the current stamina level… then if the app is refreshed or loaded on a different device, it will check the last stamina — it might not be saving properly

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Tijs Teulings 🦑 @tijs.org · 20d

Is it a trend now @anisota.net

A pillow on a couch featuring an embroidered moth

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