The social meaning of atproto

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?

Paradigm shift to the Prosocial web

Only humans make the social web social.

Stuck in the middleware with you: the challenges of capitalizing a market-oriented approach to platform governance

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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 “a meaningful layer of the web” — even if it’s only tens of millions of users — then the winning ideas probably won’t only be futuristic...

Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators

People building the future of the social web—interoperable and decentralized—need to protect themselves against copyright liability. This post gives an overview of the steps to take. It’s meant for

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

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