Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
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Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
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Bluesky released early documentation for the "AT Protocol" (atproto) a few weeks ago, and I've been noodling around with it. Technically, it strikes an appealing balance between rigid cryptographically signed content-addressable storage on the one hand, and familiar web-friendly schemas and integrations on the other. But at an ecosystem level, there are already a bunch of existing open social media projects. Does atproto bring anything interesting to the table? How might it fit in compared to other similar protocols?
This isn't over until we all listen to kpop - ATmosphereConf 2026
Stuck in the middleware with you: the challenges of capitalizing a market-oriented approach to platform governance
T1 - Stuck in the middleware with you: the challenges of capitalizing a market-oriented approach to platform governance
A conceptual model of ATProto and ActivityPub
If you were to design an open social networking protocol, what would that look like? Which metaphors and comparisons would you use to get a general idea of how the network functions? And what would you answer if people ask if your network is decentralised and federated?
ATProto ideas
If AT Protocol becomes โa meaningful layer of the webโ โ even if itโs only tens of millions of users โ then the winning ideas probably wonโt only be futuristic...
Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators
People building the future of the social webโinteroperable and decentralizedโneed to protect themselves against copyright liability. This post gives an overview of the steps to take. Itโs meant for
The Shape of Apps to Come, Devin Ivy, ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025
FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction
By Daniel Holmgren, head of protocol at Bluesky PBC. AT Protocol (atproto) is the open protocol powering Bluesky and the emerging Atmosphere. This talk gives a high-level overview of atproto's app...
Cuckoo begets Offshoot
Early on April 29, 2026, Bailey Townsend posted a skeet that turned out to be prophetic for what would happen later in the day: I think people forget sometimes that the "credible exit" part
Ecosystem Review
A review of decentralized social media ecosystems published by Twitter's "bluesky" team on the 21st January 2021
Open Social
Why Not Bluesky
As a dangerous and evil man drives people away from Xitter, many stories are talking up Bluesky as the destination for the diaspora. This piece explains why I kind of like Bluesky but, for the moment, have no intention of moving my online social life away from the Fediverse.
Crafting a Better Atmospheric Auth Flow
Crafting a Better Atmospheric Auth Flow For the sake of your users ! By @brookie.blog
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How do we understand what atproto is?
some thoughts on atproto as a post-app paradigm
Ecosystem Plugins
notes.wesleyfinck.orgThe political economy of the PDS
On the infrastructural and political positioning of the PDS in atproto, in concept and how it's played out so far.
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