Bluesky now open to everyone


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 Bluesky Blog release:

Bluesky is building an open social network where anyone can contribute, while still providing an easy-to-use experience for users. For the past year, we used invite codes to help us manage growth while we built features like moderation tooling, custom feeds, and more. Now, we’re ready for anyone to join.

We’ve been working on more features that put you in control of your social media experience. Here’s what you can expect to see soon:

Stackable Moderation Services​

Safety is core to social media. Bluesky moderates the app according to our community guidelines, and our vision for composable moderation allows users to stack more moderation services together, such as subscribable moderation lists.

In the coming weeks, we’re excited to release the labeling services which will allow users to stack more options on top of their existing moderation preferences. This will allow other organizations and people to run their own moderation services that can account for industry-specific knowledge or specific cultural norms, among other preferences.

One potential use case for labeling is fact-checking. For example, a fact-checking organization can run a labeling service and mark posts as “partially false,” “misleading,” or other categories. Then, users who trust this organization can subscribe to their labels. As the user scrolls through posts in the app, any labels that the fact-checking organization publishes will be visible on the post itself. This helps in the effective distribution of the fact-check and keeps users better informed.

We’ll be sharing more in the coming weeks. In the meantime, if you’re interested in partnering with Bluesky and setting up a labeling service, contact us at partnerships@blueskyweb.xyz.

An Open Social Network​

When you log in to Bluesky, it might look and feel familiar — the user experience should be straightforward. But under the hood, we’ve designed the app in a way that puts control back in your hands. Here, your experience online isn’t controlled by a single company. Whether it's your timeline or content filters, on Bluesky, you can easily customize your social experience.

This month, we’ll be rolling out an experimental early version of “federation,” or the feature that makes the network so open and customizable. On Bluesky, you’ll have the freedom to choose (and the right to leave) instead of being held to the whims of private companies or black box algorithms. And wherever you go, your friends and relationships can go with you.

For developers: We’ve already federated the network among multiple servers internally, and later this month, you’ll be able to self-host a server that connects to the main production network. You’ll be part of the first batch of servers that federate with the network, so expect to experiment alongside us! We’ll share more information on how to join the production network with your own server soon. In the meantime, you can test out your server set up via our developer sandbox. Find instructions here.


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Just another twitter (X) knockoff and quickly becoming just as bad

I just signed up and did some quick searches and there is all kinds of political, hate, porn , racial posts and groups already formed, I am sure there is far worse too, but why go looking for things that piddle you off? Understanding you can block it but eventually just like all other social media platforms , after a while it will become impossible, so why bother.

I am a firm believer in the freedom of speech but there are some people and groups that just should not be given a voice or a platform, I believe that once social media came about , the decline in humanity began.

Personally, I don't think the account I created will be active for very long.
 

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I believe that once social media came about , the decline in humanity began.

I think I agree with you there. Everyone talking to themselves and spouting opinions, as opposed to groups or dialogue. Having said that I think that a couple of years of pandemic and lockdowns drove people to social media and it became a whole new world - that has gone a bit crazy. There are fads that have caught on as if they are fact - like chinese whispers.
 

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Google Bard ;

  • Bluesky Social: A decentralized social network protocol and a social networking service that aims to develop on this protocol. It was originally founded by Twitter in 2021, but later became an independent and public benefit company. Bluesky is currently in closed beta, but it is expected to be open to everyone in the coming months.

:)
 

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It's all over the media that anyone can join now and it allowed me to - except I didn't proceed.


I'm sure I can see a lawsuit coming on - skeets sound like Tweets - the blue butterfly is very similar to the blue bird. But maybe now Twitter is X that is irrelevant.
I don't get how they came up with 'skeets.' Skeet has to do with trap-shooting and clay pigeons......... not butterflies. And then there's a slang definition for the word skeet which we don't need to get into here.
 

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Maybe they didn't realise that :LOL: Maybe they thought they had invented a new word that sounds a bit like Tweets.
 

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I was thinking maybe they could have used a clay-pigeon instead of a butterfly....... something that relates....... oh well, it's their party.
 

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I was thinking maybe they could have used a clay-pigeon instead of a butterfly....... something that relates....... oh well, it's their party.
Agreed. A blue flying pig would've been so much more relatable.
 

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A Twitter/X Alternative is a non-starter for me. Not because I love Twitter. But because I hate it.
 

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Right here on ElevenForums is as close as I get to social networking, so it's a no for me!
 

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