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Bluesky @bsky.app · Oct 17

👋 Bluesky is an open social network that gives creators independence from platforms, developers the freedom to build, and users a choice in their experience. We're so excited to have you here!

We share Bluesky updates & news from this account. A quick orientation thread: 🧵✨

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 18h

my dog and his girlfriend would like to go bluesky official

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 1d

Here’s another release today. @flutterby.blue helps you make ATProto widgets for your iOS device.

Goosetopher’s latest is looking pretty sweet!

Available on TestFlight now testflight.apple.com/join/DDDtbtMr

Home page screenshot of Flutterby.blue for iOS on TestFlight

Screenshot of Flutterby.blue, setting up a large widget of this account

The finished ATProtocol.dev account showing the latest post.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 1d

we hit 2 billion posts today! 🥳

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alex benzer @internet.bsky.social · 2d

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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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

What's your favorite Bluesky account that primarily posts about something other than current events/politics?

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 5d

shout out to the person next to me at the movie theater scrolling through Bluesky, if you see this XD

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MondySpartan @mondyspartan.bsky.social · 6d

Bluesky for BlackBerry in 2011

Home screen showing the Bluesky app selected

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 6d

Gotta say, following playoff baseball on Bluesky has improved a ton since last year...

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Stephanie Ruhle @stephruhle.bsky.social · 7d

Ok BlueSky Babies…. I wanna hang out in this joint. Help me figure out who to follow please. 🦋🦋

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 6d

Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everyone can build confidently on our work.

Learn more and read the pledge in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/1...

Bluesky's Patent Non-Aggression Pledge - Bluesky

Bluesky develops open protocols. We're taking a short and simple patent non-aggression pledge to ensure that everybody feels confident building on them.

bsky.social

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

HALLOWEEN NAME MATCHMAKING THREAD 2025! 🎃
Having trouble coming up with a Halloween username? Ask for help in this thread and Bluesky's classically trained name artisans may generously weigh in!

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dan @danabra.mov · 12d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

overreacted.io

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Hootsuite @hootsuite.com · 12d

Sky’s the limit for your social strategy: Bluesky is now in Hootsuite.

Whether you are new to the platform or well seasoned, Hootsuite is the tool to help you unlock your potential on Bluesky.

Schedule, publish, and track your Bluesky posts without leaving Hootsuite. Try it today 💙

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Ben Franklin, Esq. @bfsesq.bsky.social · 13d

I'm sure I've said this before, but if you're still not following the Bluesky-created "Best of Follows" feed, you really should. I check mine daily. IMO it's what a "trending" feed really should look like, and it nails it in a way that Twitter never really could. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 13d

🥳

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 13d

TikTok’s US operations are changing hands and will be retraining the algo on US-only data. No word yet on whether a new app is needed.
Meanwhile, @skylight.social — the TikTok of the atmosphere — is seeing massive growth this week.
🔗 skylight.social

skylight.social

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 17d

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source

This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.

We 💙 the open web.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 18d

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 20d

What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.

str👻d @str4d.xyz · 23d

The eternally-great thing about open source: if something doesn't exist, and the devs don't have time to work on it themselves, you can just implement it for them!

If they decide not to take it as-is, you've still helped explore the design space.

And if they don't accept it, but you need it, fork!

str👻d @str4d.xyz · 23d

Figured out enough of the rsky-relay internals to implement this myself (reporting the data that it currently records):

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 23d

Too much arguing on here this week what are your all time bangers (complimentary) of bluesky?

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 23d

I watched this year’s Emmys through Bluesky instead of in real life and I don’t regret it, that was juuust enough knowledge for me

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 27d

Bluesky's chief operating officer, @rose.bsky.team, tells The Times the platform is going strong but engagement is more important than user numbers or monetising

Bluesky chief: Musk and advertising turned social media into slop

www.thetimes.com

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 27d

ty pop base!!!

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Harry @harry.bsky.team · 28d

Almost all of the top Bluesky links on Reddit over the past week have been sports posts - happy first weekend of the NFL season folks

www.reddit.com/domain/bsky....

bsky.app on reddit.com • r/bsky.app

reddit: the front page of the internet

www.reddit.com

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Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · 28d

People are talking about Bluesky! From data analyzed between Jan 1 — Aug 18, 2025, we captured 85.5% of share of voice across social, digital, and traditional media, according to Meltwater. This is what death looks like 💀

Screenshot of Meltwater report showing Bluesky is 85.5% of mentions across platforms while other social platforms are much lower

Screenshot of Meltwater report showing Bluesky mentions by search is 10x higher than the alt platform, Threads

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