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Flashes App 🌩️
@flashes.blue
A photo viewing client for u from the creator of @skeetsapp.com & @bluescreen.blue

iOS: https://t1p.de/b3o4x
Android: Not available yet

❓ FAQS: https://t1p.de/24kj0
🐞 Bug Reports: https://t1p.de/phwii
💡 Feature Requests: https://t1p.de/8tmnc
interesting, thx for noticing!
January 9, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Kinda crazy that your regular posts sit on your PDS (in the UK?), the data is processed and disseminated by US servers and the Stories are being served out of Germany.
January 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Also have my own moderation labeler now :) @ozone.flashes.blue
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Well, it's by far not full-featured yet. but the new functions (Stories) are delivered through my AppView
January 9, 2026 at 10:52 PM
That's defined by the logic of the App View. My Flashes AppView does it this way :)
January 9, 2026 at 10:50 PM
which part? the deleting later part where we delete after 24h or what's happening now (not delivering after 24h)?
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
soon
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
not yet. that's coming with one of the next releases. right now they just won't be delivered by the appview
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
they're stored in your PDS so @pinksky.app could show them as well
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
The backend is under a lot of pressure right now. Hold tight, I'm trying to increase the capacity.
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Private will take a while but it’s on the horizon.
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
oh now I remember why I wanted to do a phased release...when enabling Stories the first time it pulls data from your repo to sync mutes and blocks...I think the app view may be stressed out rn :)
January 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The review has finished but it seems like Play Store doesn't automatically invite testers. So here is the link for registered testers to join from Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... or from web: play.google.com/apps/testing...
January 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
hm....I guess that's why it's a soft-launch :)
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
coming soon.
January 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
all coming. This is a Flashes-only feature for now, but I'm encouraging everyone to add them to their apps. I will also add them to @skeetsapp.com and @bluescreen.blue (with opt-out ofc)
January 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
If you don’t want Stories at all you can disable the feature app-wide in the settings.

Have fun!!!
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
So happy to hear that!!!
January 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Well, people post something offending. Others need to be able to report it, someone needs to look at it and take it down if it violates the TOSs.
With Bluesky posts Bluesky does that. With Flashes‘ posts someone from Flashes would have to do that.
January 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Unfortunately not yet. Requires moderation -> requires money. There will be somewhat of a solution with the upcoming (optional) Stories feature. But the grand question of moderation will be solved at a later date - most likely with the “Commons moderation” work we’re doing at @eurosky.social
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The review has finished but it seems like Play Store doesn't automatically invite testers. So here is the link for registered testers to join from Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... or from web: play.google.com/apps/testing...
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
All the money that got donated + additional funds were invested in the development of the Android version which is currently in beta for ~1k users.
Don’t know why you would insinuate bad intentions?
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
January 1, 2026 at 5:16 PM