The latest from Bluesky

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users

Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like direct messages and video.

Bluesky’s Current Efforts on Trust and Safety

This is a big quarter for Trust and Safety at Bluesky, as we work on a large number of improvements. Here’s a preview of everything that is in progress.

Share video on Bluesky!

Bluesky now has video!

Bem Vindos ao Bluesky!

Que semana! Nos últimos dias mais de 2.6 milhões de usuários se registraram na plataforma, sendo que mais de 85% são Brasileiros. Sejam muito bem vindos, estamos muito contentes por tê-los aqui!

Welcome to Bluesky!

What a week! In the last few days, Bluesky has grown by more than 2.6 million users, over 85% of which are Brazilian. Welcome, we are so excited to have you here!

Crie um Pacote Inicial!

Crie um pacote inicial hoje — convites personalizados que trazem amigos diretamente para o seu espaço no Bluesky.

New Anti-Toxicity Features on Bluesky

Trust and Safety (T&S) affects everything — from community policy and spam detection, all the way to the order that replies show up on a post. At Bluesky, the product team works hand-in-hand with T&S to design features...

Highlighting Community Starter Packs

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Bluesky Welcomes Mike Masnick to Board of Directors

We’re thrilled to announce that Mike Masnick has joined Bluesky’s Board of Directors.

Schedule and Cross-Post with Buffer

We're thrilled to announce that Bluesky has partnered with Buffer, a social media toolkit with scheduling and cross-posting features.

Introducing Bluesky Starter Packs

Create a starter pack today — personalized invites that bring friends directly into your slice of Bluesky.

Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search

Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!

Just shipped: Bluesky Direct Messages!

You can now send direct messages (DMs) to people on Bluesky! Say hi to a friend, colleague, or a crush.

Product Roadmap

What’s coming next? Over the next few months, we’ll be introducing some long-requested features.

How to embed a Bluesky post on your website or blog

Share Bluesky posts on other sites, articles, newsletters, and more.

Perguntas Frequentes do Usuário Bluesky (Português)

Bem-vindo ao aplicativo Bluesky! Este é um guia do usuário que responde a algumas perguntas comuns.

Introducing Bluesky Shorts

We’re so excited to announce Bluesky Shorts! Stop, stare, and share. Read about how to try Shorts.

Bluesky’s Stackable Approach to Moderation

Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets a team of moderators or curators collaboratively review reports, create labels, and inspect content on the atproto network. Later this week, we’re opening up the...

Bluesky: An Open Social Web

We’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating and opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data.

Join Bluesky Today (Bye, Invites!)

Sign up for Bluesky! No invite code required.

Bluesky 2023 Moderation Report

We have hired and trained a full-time team of moderators, launched and iterated on several community and individual moderation features, developed and refined policies both public and internal, designed and redesigned...

A New Look for Bluesky: The Social Butterfly

A new look for Bluesky — the social butterfly — and a public web interface.

Toward Federation and an Open Network

One year ago, the first post on Bluesky was created. Now, we're working toward federation and a truly open network.

Bluesky for Journalists

Reaching 1 Million Users

Today, we reached over one million users on Bluesky.

Algorithmic Choice with Custom Feeds

Our implementation of algorithmic choice lets users customize one of the most important parts of their social media experience: their feed.

Our Plan for a Sustainably Open Social Network

We've been exploring avenues of monetization other than traditional advertising, and have raised a seed round to support our mission and growth.

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.

Moderation in a Public Commons

In this post, we share why we believe a public commons is important for social media, as well as some proposals for moderation and safety tooling.

What is Bluesky?

On Bluesky, users own their data, developers will never get locked out of the ecosystems they help build, and creators own their relationships with their audience.

Private Beta Update & Roadmap

Our priorities continue to be a focus on moderation and curation to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for users, and protocol work to launch federation.

Bluesky User FAQ

Welcome to the Bluesky app! This is a user guide that answers some common questions.

Federation Architecture Overview

Soon, we’re launching a sandbox environment for federation. In advance, we want to share some technical details about our design decisions.

How to set your domain as your handle

Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.

The AT Protocol Developer Ecosystem

The AT Protocol's developer ecosystem is growing rapidly. Today we’re shipping app passwords, a short-term solution for authentication that will let users experiment with new clients without having to fully trust them.

Composable Moderation

A customizable, composable approach to moderation that prioritizes safety and gives users and developers more control.

Algorithmic choice

Your attention is an invaluable resource. We want a future where you control what you see on social media.

Domain Names as Handles in Bluesky

Today we got our first custom domain name handle registered on Bluesky. Domain name handles are a way for us to improve the state of trust and control users have over their social identities online.

Bluesky Private Beta Update

We’ve started inviting people from our waitlist to test out a beta app. This app will be a reference client for the AT Protocol, and a landing place for users to enter the ecosystem.

The AT Protocol

In the spring, we released “ADX,” the very first iteration of the protocol. Over the summer we improved ADX’s design, and today we’re sharing a preview of what’s to come.

Working In Public

It’s been four months since the Bluesky company started hiring a team. Now that we have a few people on board, we’re starting to work in public. Today we’re releasing ADX, the “Authenticated Data Experiment”.

A Self-Authenticating Social Protocol

Bluesky’s mission is to drive the evolution from platforms to protocols. The conceptual framework we've adopted for meeting this objective is the "self-authenticating protocol."

The Initial Bluesky Team

Announcing the initial members of the Bluesky team.

How It Started: Three Phases

Bluesky was announced in 2019 but the legal entity itself was only recently set up. In the meantime, the bluesky community took shape and has taken on a life of its own.

Announcing Bluesky PBLLC

In 2019, Twitter announced bluesky, a project it would fund to create an open and decentralized standard for social media. Since then...