Dan Abramov joins Scott and Wes to explain AT Protocol, the open standard quietly rebuilding the social web. They get into how it actually works, why it's way bigger than just Bluesky, and why Dan calls it one of the most interesting ideas on the internet right now.
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop
Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.
Bluesky & Open Social Media Tech
Bluesky: An Open Social Web - Bluesky
We’re excited to announce that the Bluesky network is federating and opening up in a way that allows you to host your own data.
Open Graph protocol
The Open Graph protocol enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph.
Break up the Browsers. A Proposal to Save the Open Web. - Movement For An Open Web
The Open Web is one of the world’s modern wonders. Based on core, universally recognised technical standards and owned and controlled by no one body, it is a unique structureRead More
The State of the Open Social Web
A comprehensive look at Mastodon, Bluesky, and the growing ecosystem of open, interoperable social networks.
A space to converse and connect.
An X/Twitter Spaces alternative for Bluesky and the open web. Creating good vibes in the friendly skies.
Framing to Grow the Open Social Web and Serve Democratic Freedoms – Position Paper / Richard Reisman
Framing to Grow the Open Social Web and Serve Democratic Freedoms – Position Paper Richard Reisman (Discussion Draft 2/13/26) For FediForum Un-Workshop March 2, 2026 Growing the usage and functionality of the social web to meet the needs of humanity requires a broadened framing of the task and ...
Integrating Standard Site Into Bluesky · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4978
The Bluesky team is working on integrating site.standard.* lexicons. For people using the Bluesky app, this means that when they come across a link published with a Standard.site record, they’ll ge...
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02
ATPROTO isn’t just for Bluesky weiners
Another reason why it’s so important that we have open protocols for social media.
Kai Kupferschmidt
One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field. Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
Really feels like the open Internet is falling apart, with bsky as a rare bright spot.
Ashton Pittman
The New York Times is now blocking The Wayback Machine from accessing its articles. That means you'll no longer be able to view archived versions of NYT stories published in 2026 and beyond on archive.org. (All those posts you see tracking changes to NYT headlines and ledes? They relied on WBM).
