Guys... GUYS, listen. I am begging you all to think bigger! The Atmosphere may be a fun space to explore how familiar services and apps interact—but it's still just social media. The protocol enables us to change behaviors and solve *systemic* problems It's the thing that gets us TO the thing.

It’s a bit of an open secret that a group of us is working on forming an Atmosphere Community Co-op (which we’ll share more about publicly soon!) @roguewave.design created an open collection on @semble.so called Co-operatives. Please do share resources there.

Our community has gathered around the concept of Atmosphere. There’s work to do in explaining, culture building, and the concrete task of rallying around a brand / logo, especially around login.

I've been quietly building kindling.wtf — a regenerative feed layer that removes cruelty without removing controversy. The idea: your feed shouldn't be full of spite masquerading as reasonable commentary, but it also shouldn't sanitize away legitimate anger at injustice. More below ⬇️(1/4) #atproto

For the sake of documentation, here's a thread of all the conversations I've been having about atmosphere websites 🧵

Seen in Iran. The graffiti references Iran’s oil-colonial past in Abadan, where British oil-company clubs had signs saying “No Dogs Allowed” and “No Iranian Entry.” Iranians were often treated as second-class in their own country while British elites lived in privileged compounds.

Signing into the Atmosphere is a bit of a lottery. This is a user problem. But it's also a builder problem. The Atmosphere needs a brand identify, a design system, tools for builders to drive broad dev and user adoption. wecanjustdothings.leaflet.pub/3mlv5oijn5s2q #ATmosphere 🌀 #ATproto 🪿

Inspired by @byarielm.fyi 's design, here's my draft concept for a universal #ATmosphere Account Creation + Sign-In flow. Focused on the simplest #UX , not visual design. Sign up to onlyjerrys.social 👉 figma.com/proto/s8JCugKOVkVCyGk23PNw3A/… Add constructive feedback + questions to the prototype 🙏 RT 🔁

The Atmosphere is a rethinking of the Internet, with social connections that you control, built in. It allows you to do more with others, while maintaining more control over your own data and experiences.

For the sake of documentation, here's a thread of all the conversations I've been having about atmosphere websites 🧵