







Our members and volunteers have been hard at work building out our services/infra and we’re happy to announce that the Northsky Social App is live! We’ve spruced it up with some features you’re going to enjoy. This is one more step in our plan to provide a community platform fully operated by us.
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northsky.appAug 15, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Northsky Social
Northsky Social is a community service cooperative building a safe and sustainable platform for the 2SLGBTQIA+ and other marginalized communities, by working collaboratively in the ATprotocol ecosystem.
Northsky Update #2: Our Cooperative Structure
We’re excited to bring you another Newsletter as we approach launching Northsky. This time we’ll be covering:
Northsky Moderation (@moderation.northsky.social)
🌌Moderation layer offered by Northsky Social🌌 💚Staffed by a team of volunteer moderators💜 ⚖️Appeal in-app or via https://tally.so/r/b5KZe7 🫰Support our efforts here: https://northskysocial.com/profile/products
Northsky
Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.

Building the Social Graph with Hubble and Jetstream - 50 Shades of Protocol
Recently Northsky Social launched it's own Social App to much fanfare and we got a lot of great feedback on it! Of course, one thing that many users noticed was...

Building the Social Graph with Hubble and Jetstream - 50 Shades of Protocol
Recently Northsky Social launched it's own Social App to much fanfare and we got a lot of great feedback on it! Of course, one thing that many users noticed was...

Northsky Update #5: We're sending invites!
We’re sending out invites to our subscribers starting next week! We’ve been hard at work on our migration tool, testing and tweaking with even the largest and oldest accounts (stress testing), and refining the process with feedback. All to say, we’re ready to start taking users.
NorthStar Social: About Us
NorthStar Social is where your public and private social networks converge. The world's first decentralized local-first social network to keep you in control of your data. Your privacy is too precious to leave in the hands of corporations and billionaries who don’t have your best interests in mind. Privacy is built-in. Your public and personal social connections in one app.
NorthStar Social: People. Privacy. Period.
NorthStar Social is where your public and private social networks converge. The world's first decentralized local-first social network to keep you in control of your data. Your privacy is too precious to leave in the hands of corporations and billionaires who don’t have your best interests in mind. Privacy is built-in. Your public and personal social connections in one app.

important update to the bluesky social-app repo for all the bluesky forks that exist already basically any social-app fork needs to change/remove a bunch of images, icons, etc. github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/blo…
In 2026, @bsky.app is focused on what’s next for open social: bringing together users for conversations around live events, creator and platform monetization, and private state, giving users truly private data while preserving ownership and portability at the protocol level.
In the *last day*, a bunch of apps in the Atmosphere are starting to adopt this proposal! Thanks to everyone who has helped out 🙏🏻 - @mu.social ☑ - @semble.so ☑ - @aturi.to ☑ - @leaflet.pub ☑ - @frontpage.fyi ☑ - @bsky.app ☐ - @pckt.blog ☐ (just reached out)
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Trying to get all of the social-apps using the community proposal adding <meta> tags to the AT URIs they reference. github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/pul…
In the *last day*, a bunch of apps in the Atmosphere are starting to adopt this proposal! Thanks to everyone who has helped out 🙏🏻 - @mu.social ☑ - @semble.so ☑ - @aturi.to ☑ - @leaflet.pub ☑ - @frontpage.fyi ☑ - @bsky.app ☐ - @pckt.blog ☐ (just reached out)
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Trying to get all of the social-apps using the community proposal adding <meta> tags to the AT URIs they reference. github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/pul…
The open social web is vibrant, dynamic, and full of amazing apps and websites! At the PublicSpaces Conference in Amsterdam, we just gave out the #OpenSocialAwards. We’re excited to introduce you to these impressive, inventive winners. 🧵
Open Social Awards | New_ Public
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