this was a fun project, I absolutely loved ripping out the ugly old settings screens! hope you like the new ones :)
Bluesky@bsky.app· 20 Nov 2024📢 1.94 is rolling out now (2/5)
We revamped our Settings page to make it easier to navigate. Here’s a quick tour:
we did it! 🥳
Samuel@samuel.fm· 19 Nov 2024we're just about to hit 20mil
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Almost-real-time Bluesky user count
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we're just about to hit 20mil
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I’m being targeted by several different lobbying groups at this point
the @todepond.com lobby has been at this the longest but the “groupchats when” lobby is gaining steam. the trending topics lobby is numerous but less organised
69 20 410nbd, just casually tripling the number of chats
hailey@hailey.at· 17 Nov 2024oh, hello discord outage (if you know about clip clops youre a real one)
how atproto works
Samuel@samuel.fm· 3 Nov 2024ok, let's break it down.
at the core of atproto is the data. it lives own your own computer (or someone hosts it for you). think of it as a hard drive with JSON files on it
data is structured (i.e. has a type), and can references other records on other peoples' computer with a URI like a hyperlink
I try and avoid prescriptivism but in this case I have a humble request for everyone
It’s Bluesky, not BlueSky
190 245 1.1kthis is a very nice thing to read
Will Oremus@willoremus.com· 16 Nov 2024“The online world has become so hostile to users that Bluesky’s pitch of ‘here is a straightforward feed of text-based user-generated posts that we promise not to mess with’ is revelatory.” — @bcmerchant.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...
Bluesky's success is a rejection of big tech's operating system
No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not
open.substack.com
me when everyone else gets a bit tired and I have unrestricted access to the karaoke machine
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