shreyan
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If you don't like the pitch of W, that's a good thing
I Do Not Accept Your TOS
W is proof that the ecosystem is working
blog.tynanpurdy.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 AM
If you don't like the pitch of W, that's a good thing
*closing eyes* snow crash is better than neuromancer
January 22, 2026 at 6:07 AM
*closing eyes* snow crash is better than neuromancer
july 4th, 2026, is guaranteed to be a deeply consequential day in history basically no matter what
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM
july 4th, 2026, is guaranteed to be a deeply consequential day in history basically no matter what
honestly the name being "W" is probably far more damaging than any other aspect, even identity verification lol
nobody is really looking for a twitterlike with identity verification and a name which is basically guaranteed to have no cultural impact or relevance
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
honestly the name being "W" is probably far more damaging than any other aspect, even identity verification lol
I hope W is still ready to basically fail though
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
I hope W is still ready to basically fail though
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theres a lot of immediate questions i have towards the function of the platform rn that i think are still far too unclear for me to say whether or not this is good/bad. but i definitely am not a fan of mandatory id verification for users.
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
theres a lot of immediate questions i have towards the function of the platform rn that i think are still far too unclear for me to say whether or not this is good/bad. but i definitely am not a fan of mandatory id verification for users.
the id verification stuff is still concerning, but being on protocol can mitigate that as well if good adversarial migration is possible, and non-anonymous social is always just another option on protocol
which is, honestly, quite cool!
which is, honestly, quite cool!
so if W is really an atproto app that's *really* good news for the atproto ecosystem. a well-funded meaningful competitor to bluesky is what we've needed for ages, and it doesn't hurt that it's in the EU either. less single points of failure!
January 21, 2026 at 9:56 PM
the id verification stuff is still concerning, but being on protocol can mitigate that as well if good adversarial migration is possible, and non-anonymous social is always just another option on protocol
which is, honestly, quite cool!
which is, honestly, quite cool!
so if W is really an atproto app that's *really* good news for the atproto ecosystem. a well-funded meaningful competitor to bluesky is what we've needed for ages, and it doesn't hurt that it's in the EU either. less single points of failure!
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
so if W is really an atproto app that's *really* good news for the atproto ecosystem. a well-funded meaningful competitor to bluesky is what we've needed for ages, and it doesn't hurt that it's in the EU either. less single points of failure!
okay i like W now. W. good. atproto good. W.
Turns out, W may run on ATProto. Dope.
Probably should've led with that in the initial PR cycle, and I wish they had given props to other folks building ATProto infra in Europe as well. Not too late to do so!
Probably should've led with that in the initial PR cycle, and I wish they had given props to other folks building ATProto infra in Europe as well. Not too late to do so!
W is a new European platform aspiring to be an alternative to X.
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
What if we told you that it may actually be launching as an ATProto powered app?
This is a W for ATProto
atprotocol.dev/w-for-atproto/
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
okay i like W now. W. good. atproto good. W.
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bluesky x account I owe you an apology. I wasn't familiar with your game
January 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM
bluesky x account I owe you an apology. I wasn't familiar with your game
...i don't think he's the one in charge here at all
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
...i don't think he's the one in charge here at all
they finally invented an engagement bait even i wont participate in
January 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
they finally invented an engagement bait even i wont participate in
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The foundation of personal computing is the filesystem.
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
It seems a fork lies ahead, is atproto a portable database for a bunch of apps or a new type of post-app, social filesystem?
the whole point of atproto is Authenticated Transfer, I think at least. For others its just data portability
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The foundation of personal computing is the filesystem.
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
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The reason this is important is because filesystem (standardized file types), plaintext (copy and paste), and pixel (screenshots, recordings) infrastructures remain some of the most important forcing functions to adversarial interop against siloed apps. Mobile has ceded all to the whims of apps.
Wait mobile apps can intercept and modify screenshots??
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
The reason this is important is because filesystem (standardized file types), plaintext (copy and paste), and pixel (screenshots, recordings) infrastructures remain some of the most important forcing functions to adversarial interop against siloed apps. Mobile has ceded all to the whims of apps.
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fun fact: one of bluesky's first employees was a twitter engineer named aaron goldman. he was only there for 4 months but in the community matrix chat he mentioned that atproto drew heavily from his phd work, a project named cryptographically curated filesystem
repository.gatech.edu/entities/pub...
repository.gatech.edu/entities/pub...
January 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
fun fact: one of bluesky's first employees was a twitter engineer named aaron goldman. he was only there for 4 months but in the community matrix chat he mentioned that atproto drew heavily from his phd work, a project named cryptographically curated filesystem
repository.gatech.edu/entities/pub...
repository.gatech.edu/entities/pub...
naming it Praxis is honestly an incredibly funny bit
A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the "Next Great City" in Greenland
Funded to the tune of $525 million, Praxis aims to “revitalize Western Civilization” through a techno-libertarian city upon a hill
www.insidehook.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:16 AM
naming it Praxis is honestly an incredibly funny bit
if you are reading this i command you to untense your muscles right now
January 17, 2026 at 7:11 AM
if you are reading this i command you to untense your muscles right now
to all doomers: i hope one day you're able to enjoy the fruits of the world you refuse to believe can be built
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 AM
to all doomers: i hope one day you're able to enjoy the fruits of the world you refuse to believe can be built
wait im actually really confused cause the streaming feature on here says streamplace is enabled for my account. what does that mean? sorry im not up to date in my understanding of bluesky
January 17, 2026 at 1:08 AM
wait im actually really confused cause the streaming feature on here says streamplace is enabled for my account. what does that mean? sorry im not up to date in my understanding of bluesky
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DNA & RNA is mind blowing. What do you mean all that info is contained in molecules and somehow they unwind & make copies of each other, it's just molecules! What?!
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
DNA & RNA is mind blowing. What do you mean all that info is contained in molecules and somehow they unwind & make copies of each other, it's just molecules! What?!
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BigTech and BigContent have ruined the brains of so many young people that they can’t grasp the ideology behind wildly successful groups like the Wikimedia Foundation.
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
BigTech and BigContent have ruined the brains of so many young people that they can’t grasp the ideology behind wildly successful groups like the Wikimedia Foundation.
honestly fascinating that the white house's pinned tweet is their coming to bluesky
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 AM
honestly fascinating that the white house's pinned tweet is their coming to bluesky