Toward Federation and an Open Network
Exactly one year ago, on November 16, 2022, the first post on Bluesky was created: The first post on Bluesky. Fast forward a year later, and we’ve just crossed two million users after opening the…
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Toward Federation and an Open Network
Exactly one year ago, on November 16, 2022, the first post on Bluesky was created: The first post on Bluesky. Fast forward a year later, and we’ve just crossed two million users after opening the…
Bluesky for Journalists
Bluesky is currently in beta. Why should I join? In September, Bluesky reached 1M users, and less than a month later, we reached 1.5M users. The size of our user base is rapidly growing, and…
Reaching 1 Million Users
Today, we reached over 1,000,000 users on Bluesky! We’re grateful to the early users and developers who have helped us reach this point. Thank you for joining us early on this journey and helping test…
Algorithmic Choice with Custom Feeds
Bluesky is one of the first social media companies that has made algorithmic choice a reality. On Bluesky, anyone can create a feed — cat lovers, coffee aficionados, Swifties, NBA fans, and more. As a…
Our Plan for a Sustainably Open Social Network
Bluesky is a public benefit corporation with the mission to “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” The public benefit corporation status allows us to pursue our mission…
Purchase and Manage Domains Directly Through Bluesky
We’re excited to announce a new feature that allows users to seamlessly purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky. With this, you can easily set a custom domain as your Bluesky handle and much more.…
Moderation in a Public Commons
The goal of Bluesky is to turn social media into a shared public commons. We don’t want to own people’s social graphs or communities. We want to be a tool that helps communities own and…
What is Bluesky?
Bluesky: A Short Overview Our digital lives are fragmented — we all maintain profiles across multiple social sites. If you move from one site to another, you have to start over with no history of…
Private Beta Update & Roadmap
Since our last update, quite a bit has changed. Just a few months ago in February, we only had a couple hundred users, and in April, we crossed 50,000 users. We recently passed 100,000 users,…