Building in the atmosphere means you don't have to go it alone.
We know organizers, and the groups-of-coordination they facilitate, require digital infrastructure for events planning. Ergo @roomy.space needs Events.
@tompscanlan.bsky.social agreed and magicked @openmeet.net straight into Roomy.
Not bespoke and you can use your Bluesky credentials. Weird to make such a comment when it absolutely makes a good point and provides a solution
From there I made it a mission to counteract the scammers & set up a community waitlist that no 1 needed to pay for. Created an entire Discord server for it. I originally shared on Reddit but it got overwhelming & I couldn’t even use Reddit for fun. But, I was happy to help others get access
I signed up via the website by way of Twitter. I got scammed by someone offering invites all I got was access to the Matrix chat. Why heard my story and provided me with invites.
Similar story to me, but I got scammed out of money where they asked for “donations” then sent people to the Matrix chat. I told Why the situation and was provided a good amount of invites.
question for all of you: how did you find out about bluesky? what made you decide to join? how did you get an account here (this question is largely for invite-era users)?
@mfru at the intersection of Solid and Activitypub there is @activitypods that is BTW pivoting to @nextgraph as we think the truly decentralized POD based on RDF is in fact NextGrsph. Of course we are biased, but maybe we are onto something
are people on here that have opinions about #Solid (the pod technology not the javascript framework / library)
why is it good / not good?
is it usable?
is it in use?
it doesn't seem to have the same popularity as i.e. #ActivityPub / the #Fediverse, even though the concept of solid pods seems […]
ever crisis x nier collab, yuffie in 10h’s outfit
Yuffie is in 10H’s outfit for the Ever Crisis x NieR collab 🖤
Honestly I’m happy seeing Reincarnation get some love!
Introducing Ecosystem Action Research: a pilot program to address shared challenges in the AT Protocol ecosystem with a cooperative approach to strategic innovation.
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We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users!
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
But fr it's going to be a whole new ballgame in 2026. A lot of the tech is getting solid, I expect private data to land, the devex is going to get constant love, bluesky's redoing the website and launching a lexicon discovery site, and the community is doing incredible stuff
A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.
v1.116 is rolling out now!
For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
How is it lame to point out the truth? Not hating on my teams QB. This was a team loss for sure but Maye made it worse and you can see his eyes and body language he was checked out early
I won’t say frauds as the defense has mostly shown up. But I will say we were ahead of schedule. Any fan saying they expected this season from Maye and the team are liars. I expected 8-10 wins and improvement from Maye. We still lack weapons and the line is trash
How? I’m a lifelong Pats fan. Tell me what I said that’s hating unless you’re one of those alternative facts people. Let’s be honest. If we can criticise Caleb last year as a rookie we can do so with Maye, who’s always shielded from criticism
How is it lame? Lame to call out the truth? I can be honest as a Pats fan. I don’t think you can be honest as a Maye stan that to me is more lame
The o-line hasn’t done him any favours but Drake Maye has been slow to process, holds on to the ball long, his mechanics have gotten away from him. This has been all playoffs long & showed up in the biggest games. I want no excuses! #SuperBowl #NFL #SportsSky
@natetice.bsky.social @qbklass.bsky.social no Drake Maye apologies. He’s played terribly. The o-line did no favors but the ball coming off his hand, missing checkdowns etc. this has been all playoffs
For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features!
Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
I dislike stupidity so much. They keep isolate O’Connor and he’s lost against every back shoulder throw. Yet Miami keeps him on Becker and not adjustments. That alone cost #Miami #CFB #CFBNationalChampionship #Sportsky #football
*NFC
a lazy route may cost the Bears a spot in the NGC championship and I’m sick for them especially @robertmays.bsky.social #NFL #NFLSky
So here’s why my answer is a hard NO: the number of times I was called the N word in my first week of using Mastodon was unprecedented in my experience of using social media
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email support@blacksky.app with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Congratulations to a good season #CarolinaPanthers it was unexpected and they made it tough for most opponents. The team is trending in the right direction and I hope it only goes up #NFL #SportsSky #Football
The Carolina Panthers aren’t not afraid to play the Rams. Still a lot of time on the clock. No matter the outcome Panthers & fans have to be proud of the effort #NFL #SportsSky #NFLSky #NFLPlayoffs
The implicit theory behind the open social web was that platform quality would determine outcomes. Build something that’s better, and in combination with the incumbent getting worse, this would lead to such difference in quality, user experience and safety that at some point people would switch from X to alternatives like Mastodon or Bluesky. This theory held up for a while in 2023 and 2024. In 2025 it started to falter, as Musk aligned himself with Trump, the signup waves to the alternative platforms effectively stopped. In early 2026, this theory is now really over, because X has fundamentally changed. Mastodon and Bluesky are not in competition anymore with the platform X, because X has changed. It changed from being a platform to the power structure for the neo-royalty, with the public square shambling along as a zombie, animated by everyone who still treats X like it’s 2015. You cannot out-compete ‘where the ruling faction radicalizes and coordinates’ by having better moderation policies or algorithmic choice. X is not a platform problem anymore, it is a power problem, and building a different platform does not solve the power problem.
New from me: X is A Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/a-power-problem-not-a-platform-problem/
The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
Read it now […]
A new @iftas report brings insights from fediverse moderators, administrators, and community managers: worsening mod-to-user ratio, spam, burnout, lack of tools.
"Moderators are the backbone of a safer social web – but most are unpaid, under-supported, and under constant strain. If we want a […]
