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Skymoth

A simple Mastodon to Bluesky crossposter.

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Skymoth is a Mastodon to Bluesky crossposter. It allows you to post to both Mastodon and Bluesky at the same time.


Skymoth is currently in alpha and bugs can occur.

 

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Bluesky just hit 27M. Significant influx from Threads.

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Exclusive: Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes​

Sarah Perez

9:11 AM PST · January 15, 2025



More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that underpins Bluesky, the AT Protocol, and has been built using code from the developer’s earlier Bluesky client, Skeets.

When launched, Flashes could tap into growing consumer demand for alternatives to Big Tech’s social media monopoly. This trend has led to the adoption of open source, decentralized apps like Mastodon and Bluesky, among others, including the recently launched Pixelfed mobile apps, built on Mastodon’s ActivityPub protocol. It’s also, in part, what’s fueling TikTok users’ shift to the Chinese app RedNote ahead of the U.S. TikTok ban — that is, U.S. users are signaling that they would rather use a foreign adversary’s app than return to Meta at this point.

ScreenshotImage Credits:Flashes/Sebastian Vogelsang

Flashes itself is based on Berlin developer Sebastian Vogelsang’s earlier app, Skeets, his initial foray into creating consumer-facing apps for the growing social network, Bluesky, which now tops 27.5 million users.

While Bluesky offers its own official mobile client, Skeets differentiated itself by focusing on the needs of iPad users as well as customized accessibility features for blind and low-vision users, as that’s one of Vogelsang’s areas of expertise.

Late last year, Vogelsang also realized there was potential to build apps using this same codebase that would cater to Bluesky users more interested in visual content, like photos and videos. Because Bluesky already supports this type of media, it was only a matter of reconfiguring the Skeets app so its design and user interface would look more similar to other photo-sharing apps, like Meta’s Instagram.

“I thought about the idea of having one base social graph and then having just different apps pick from that graph whatever they want to display,” Vogelsang told TechCrunch. “I found it very intriguing, because before we had these separated networks.”

He says Flashes could help pull in new potential Bluesky users who have yet to join the social network because they never saw themselves as a “Twitter person.”

“This may give them an entry point into the network, into the whole protocol,” Vogelsang said.

However, the developer stresses that Flashes is not meant to be an Instagram clone, nor will it offer all the same features.

At launch, Flashes will support photo posts of up to four images and videos of up to 1 minute in length, just like Bluesky. Users who post to Flashes will also have their posts appear on Bluesky and comments on those posts will also feed back into the app as if it were just another Bluesky client. It will also support Bluesky’s direct messages.

To make this work, Flashes simply filters Bluesky’s existing timeline for posts with photos and video posts. (In the future, Vogelsang also plans to add metadata to Flashes’ posts so Bluesky users would have a way to keep their feeds on Bluesky’s main app from being flooded with photo posts if that became a problem.)

Flashes didn’t take too long to build because it was able to reuse Skeets’ existing code. The app will also be able to market to Skeets’ existing user base, who have now downloaded the app some 30,500 times to date.

Vogelsang says he’s now working to integrate subscription-based features from both his apps so users don’t have to pay twice for the premium features, like Skeets’ bookmarks, drafts, muting, rich push notifications, and others specific to Flashes. (Both apps are free to use without a subscription, we should note.)

Later, Vogelsang says he wants to launch a video-only app, too, called Blue Screen.

The developer expects to be able to launch Flashes to the public in a matter of weeks with a TestFlight beta arriving ahead of that. Interested users can follow Flashes’ account on Bluesky for further updates.

 

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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes https://tcrn.ch/3E6sUep

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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

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‪Ed. Floden‬ ‪@edfloden.bsky.social‬

Will its users be called "Flashers"?

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‪in da' indica!‬ ‪@indaindica.bsky.social‬

Yes.

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‪Alexander Everett‬ ‪@alexandereverett.bsky.social‬

They need to fire whoever keeps naming these apps

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‪royVives‬ ‪@royvives.bsky.social‬

Please, learn from tiktok and increase the video duration allotment to three to five minutes. These apps won't get much traction if theyre just designed for one minute memes.

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‪George S.‬ ‪@sharpcode.pro‬

This is amazing news. Image sharing is big. Photography is a driving force for social media.

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‪Leftward Hoe‬ ‪@leftward.hoe.news‬

many are saying this

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‪grozagarza.bsky.social‬ ‪@grozagarza.bsky.social‬

A messaging app would be cool too - was disappointed to realize that Meta owns Whatsapp as well.

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‪Josh‬ ‪@jesteinf.bsky.social‬



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‪May Odaigahara‬ ‪@monthofmay.bsky.social‬

Sure man I'll flash some people...wait

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‪KDB‬ ‪@kdb-innit.bsky.social‬

Excuse me? "Flashes"?

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‪Tom M‬ ‪@cybahguy25.bsky.social‬

Let it happen

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‪Dina ³ ◊ ‬ ‪@daydreamer-92.bsky.social‬

Yes I will finally delete my instagram account

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‪Ehimare‬ ‪@ehimare.bsky.social‬

Same

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‪Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg‬ ‪@knotbin.xyz‬

Was hoping someone was building an ATproto version of Instagram but this just uses Instagram UI on Bluesky posts.
The photos people post to their grid on instagram are completely different from the photos they would tweet about.

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‪Roscoe Rubin-Rottenberg‬ ‪@knotbin.xyz‬

Dream scenario for this:
you get to choose which photos from Bluesky show up on your grid and which don't, and photos you post on this use custom lexicon by default, but you can choose to make it a bsky post if you want.
That way, it's Bluesky integrated, but not just a Bluesky photo viewer client.

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‪Boston Tom Levenson‬ ‪@tomlevenson.bsky.social‬

Good.

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‪A. E. Konietzky‬ ‪@konietzkystrain.bsky.social‬

Good. fukk Zuckerberg!

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‪Evan‬ ‪@evanpatrickw.bsky.social‬

Massive W

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‪Tarazard‬ ‪@tarazard.bsky.social‬

Needs a better name, and maybe I'm just old, but what I need is a replacement for the way fb marketplace and buy/sell/trade/hobby groups work on FB.

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‪Cactus‬ ‪@heelcactusrack.bsky.social‬

Uh…I see where they’re going but I don’t know if that name is how to get there.

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‪worldofalfie.bsky.social‬ ‪@worldofalfie.bsky.social‬



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‪Invisible Gecko ‬ ‪@invisiblegecko.bsky.social‬

Love the idea but that name is not it

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‪Henry Bear‬ ‪@abear4punishment.bsky.social‬

With a name like that, nudity beyond the IG limits of breastfeeding and glimpses of bush and areolae is a must.

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‪Caleb is McFreakin New (Sky)‬ ‪@airheadedaviator.bsky.social‬

Hey guys before we start with photo sharing can we have the photo uploading issue fixed here? Whole app bugs out if you try to upload more than 1 photo at a time Bluesky Support (@support.bsky.team)

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‪John Sisino‬ ‪@smarmyeod.bsky.social‬

Have you tried not doing it wrong?

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‪John Sisino‬ ‪@smarmyeod.bsky.social‬

Are you running the app on a potato?

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‪ottovondanger.bsky.social‬ ‪@ottovondanger.bsky.social‬

Ummm...we can do that here already...

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‪crow soup‬ ‪@crowsoup.bsky.social‬

I miss the good old days of Flickr.

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‪CupcakeYOW‬ ‪@cupcakeyow.bsky.social‬

But are they working on an edit feature!

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‪catherinedem.bsky.social‬ ‪@catherinedem.bsky.social‬

Blue sky is wonderful much more sensible than neo nazi websites like Facebook and instagram

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‪Emma Swift‬ ‪@emmaswiftsings.bsky.social‬

Awesome!

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‪Meep‬ ‪@meep00.bsky.social‬

The name is so bad

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‪friend to all ‬ ‪@tonypajama.bsky.social‬

We don’t even have group messaging yet but sure let’s make a new app no one is asking for

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‪Danielle‬ ‪@danielletg74.bsky.social‬

Is it gonna be like Instagram

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‪Ourkid‬ ‪@eekyrich.bsky.social‬

Bluesky

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‪mtb13.bsky.social‬ ‪@mtb13.bsky.social‬

Thank god. Pictures are pretty but they're taking up too much room.

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‪alleyec247.bsky.social‬ ‪@alleyec247.bsky.social‬

This is great as long as photos are given the same interaction as video. Right now Instagram buries photos in favor of video based content, and that is shyt for visual artists and makers who favor still image content creation.

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‪‬ ‪@tremendous.stel.energy‬

will there be privacy features?

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‪jay vera summer ‬ ‪@jayverasummer.bsky.social‬

Well, this is exciting!

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‪BrewedFlames‬ ‪@brewedflames.bsky.social‬

They should’ve named it “Flocks” since flocks of birds fly in a blue sky. Also a dig at twitter by becoming the new bird app Bluesky (@bsky.app)

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‪NoMAGA‬ ‪@magafree.bsky.social‬

I trust Chinese developers more than META or anything Elon owns.

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‪ .‬ ‪@djvagirl.bsky.social‬



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‪Johnny‬ ‪@bigjohnsr74.bsky.social‬

X is toxic
Hope that a tech genius starts an alternative to Facebook and call it "aboutface" I would love to terminate Facebook too.

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‪Jimmy‬ ‪@jimmywhiz.bsky.social‬

this should be the one

gwen howerton (@kissphoria.bsky.social)

Justice Alito is asking if websites like Pornhub have "essays, modern day Gore Vidal, stuff like that" like the old playboy

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Justice Alito is asking if websites like Pornhub have "essays, modern day Gore Vidal, stuff like that" like the old playboy

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king

this is supposed to be a gotcha but is accidentally a GREAT idea

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‪e.w. niedermeyer‬ ‪@niedermeyer.io‬

post nut literacy feels like an idea whose moment has come

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‪Paul Haine‬ ‪@paulhaine.bsky.social‬

That bit in Oppenheimer where she gets up halfway through to go browse Oppenheimer's bookshelves

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‪Ferengi Liaison to Project Cybersyn‬ ‪@sovietcola.bsky.social‬

Trending today:
-Pup Punishment
-"Step Brother I'm Stuck In The Torment Nexus!"
-An interview with Naomi Klein on the push for workers rights in Indonesia
-John Waters Tells Us His Oscar Party Dos and Don'ts

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‪Inquisitor Curiosa‬ ‪@ligernull.bsky.social‬

I would actually go to pornhub for those last two.

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‪Nataly ‬ ‪@nightpups.bsky.social‬

If I was on the hub I'd be clicking those out of curiosity

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‪Sean T. Collins‬ ‪@seantcollins.com‬

the pornhub people seem sharp enough to actually go with this now

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‪karlkoons3‬ ‪@karlkoons3.bsky.social‬

From what I've heard I guess...

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‪Nothings Monstered‬ ‪@nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social‬

I saw a study recently claiming that PornHub is the main source of sex education for adults who got abstinence-only in schools.

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‪von boo-ington‬ ‪@vonhonkington.bsky.social‬

It would be very American to accidentally create a journalism revolution by having some kind of articles per porno mandate

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‪J Rosser Lomax‬ ‪@athousandpicnics.net‬

Mr Beast X Pornhub; video essays on the dehumanizing nature of late capitalism

12/12
‪Tim Pierce‬ ‪@unchi.org‬

Hbonerguy

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Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's AT Protocol | TechCrunch

Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on

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Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol​

Sarah Perez

10:44 AM PST · January 16, 2025



Entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban is ready to fund a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s AT Protocol, he shared in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday. In anticipation of the coming U.S. TikTok ban, which will go through on Sunday unless paused by the Supreme Court, users have been fleeing to other video platforms, including the Chinese app RedNote. But investors like Cuban see the potential for a more open social web that includes an ecosystem of apps powered by the same technology that today underpins Bluesky’s social network.

The AT Protocol is a newer, open protocol designed for decentralized social media applications. It’s meant to address what some developers thought were shortcomings with the existing decentralized protocol ActivityPub, used by Mastodon and other social services. While Bluesky is the AT Protocol’s flagship app for the time being, there are many other services now being built with the technology.

Consumer demand for open social apps is also in full swing, with Bluesky itself seeing a surge of new signups in the wake of the U.S. presidential elections, growing the network to 27.6+ million users, up from 10 million+ in September. Meanwhile, on Wednesday we broke the news of a coming Bluesky client called Flashes that would focus on images over text.

Cuban says he’d like to see — and back — something that rivals TikTok but is built on the AT Protocol.

In the video, he briefly describes how ATProto (as it’s called for short) allows people to create their own social networking servers and apps.

@mcuban

Let me know in the comments ! The AT Protocol | Bluesky. #savetiktok #tiktok shout out to @Austin for the idea

♬ original sound – Mark Cuban

Then he adds, “I would be open to investing in supporting anybody — or somebody who creates a TikTok replacement built on the AT Protocol. So if you’ve got that ability, let me know in the comments. If you create an MVP — a minimum viable product — so I can see it, that’s all the better, because obviously, I think you’d have a whole lot of support,” Cuban says.

“And more importantly, when you build on the AT Protocol, it’s extensible, so that means nobody can just buy it, nobody can just close it,” the investor notes, in reference to the account portability aspects of building for the open social web.

That is, users who want to move their account to another server can do so without losing their followers, content, and other data.

In part, Cuban’s interest in ATProto isn’t only about expanding the open social web; it’s also about fueling competition with Elon Musk’s X. Cuban has openly feuded with Musk on X and elsewhere, criticizing X’s approach to content moderation, misinformation, and more.

Cuban asked interested developers to respond in the comments of the TikTok post.

 

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Skylight Social (@skylight.social)

We're using atproto to build a TikTok alternative.

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Tori (@buildwithtori.com)

Skylight is up for review in the App Store!! Here’s to hoping it gets approved!! @skylight.social #skylight #atprototiktok #tiktok #tiktokban #atprotocol

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Skylight is up for review in the App Store!! Here’s to hoping it gets approved!!
skylight.social
#skylight #atprototiktok #tiktok #tiktokban #atprotocol

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‪Jon Cohen‬ ‪@joncohen.bsky.social‬

Do you have a TestFlight open for the app. Feel free to DM me.

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‪ROZEPOP ‬ ‪@rozepop.bsky.social‬

Y'all hiring? I would love to contribute as a learning opportunity. Got a bachelor's in CS but can't find a job

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‪Mr. U Know What‬ ‪@mruknowwhat.bsky.social‬

What about 140 million US Android users, or 3.9 billion globally

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‪Tom Flynn‬ ‪@tomlasusa.bsky.social‬

I'm sorry, but where is your cape?

I know not all heroes wear capes...but I feel like you deserve a cape.

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‪gailstlm.bsky.social‬ ‪@gailstlm.bsky.social‬

What about Android?

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬

They're working on submitting to play store for Android tonight as well!

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‪Bert.Parker‬ ‪@dabertman.bsky.social‬

Is there an APK anywhere?

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬

That idk. I'd try to ask tori or reed.

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‪NotZenYet‬ ‪@notzenyet.bsky.social‬

Holy fast, bat woman! Even with some bugs, this is incredible, and an even better solution since I’m almost positive one of the inauguration billionaire bros will likely purchase TikTok at the end of all of this

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‪André Henocq‬ ‪@henocq.bsky.social‬

#TrickTok - trend it

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬

"We did it Joe"

No fr this is the vibe I'm getting. Ty for working for us all so quickly. 🫶

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‪‬ ‪@0x0.boo‬

Are you handling video independently to get 10 minute videos like TikTok, or restricted by Bluesky 1 minute limitation?

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‪Tori‬ ‪@buildwithtori.com‬

Restricted for now, until we build out our infrastructure!

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‪‬ ‪@0x0.boo‬

Fair enough, all you need is an MVP to satisfy Mark anyway, so I wish you the best and hope you get funded, it's an exciting project.

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‪Jon Looney‬ ‪@jonlooney.bsky.social‬

Android please!

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬

They're working on submitting to play store for Android tonight as well!

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‪Jon Looney‬ ‪@jonlooney.bsky.social‬

Woot!

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‪MenschenToaster‬ ‪@menschentoaster.bsky.social‬

Will it be open source?

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‪chaz042.bsky.social‬ ‪@chaz042.bsky.social‬

Hell yeah, I mentioned it on the tiktok video but hit me up if your looking for a network/infra/security engineer. I really want to the AT proto be used for something like this!

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‪Dolister Films‬ ‪@dolisterfilms.com‬

Stay hydrated, we need ya!

Ty for everything you guys are doing!!!

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‪Tori‬ ‪@buildwithtori.com‬

Does drinking Celsius count as hydration? honestly, I should have some water, this was the reminder I needed

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‪therealtatortot.bsky.social‬ ‪@therealtatortot.bsky.social‬

This is great! Let me know when you need beta testers.

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‪Christine Goerke‬ ‪@heldenmommy.bsky.social‬

Seconded!

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‪erin, meow‬ ‪@owo.me‬

🫡🫡🫡

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‪derek the solarboi‬ ‪@solarboi.com‬

Wat da poop, that was fast

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‪Sabeet Fallenbronze‬ ‪@sabeet.bsky.social‬

That’s sounds great.

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‪Wudang96 ‬ ‪@wudang96.bsky.social‬

Y'all are so much more than AWESOME. Let there be no doubt about what can be done when it's time. #girlsrule

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬

gretchensquestions.bsky.social

What I just told you about on tiktok!

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‪Charles‬ ‪@charlesw24.bsky.social‬

I’m happy to beta test for Apple iOS

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‪a-guy-incognito.bsky.social‬ ‪@a-guy-incognito.bsky.social‬

There's already an app called skylight on play store, but n9t yours

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‪cleanh2o-clearair.bsky.social‬ ‪@cleanh2o-clearair.bsky.social‬

If I go look for skylight, one ends up with skylight frame(s).

I probably should read some more, like it up for review.

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‪nicoleheath.bsky.social‬ ‪@nicoleheath.bsky.social‬

Here to boost this!

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‪thetakomba.bsky.social‬ ‪@thetakomba.bsky.social‬

Wow! That was so fast! Way to go! I can't wait to try it out.

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‪Benita Kasbo‬ ‪@kasbosmarket.bsky.social‬

Good luck! Following along!

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‪mw1989.bsky.social‬ ‪@mw1989.bsky.social‬


Ha you just answered the question I gave to Reed Harmeyer (@reedharmeyer.bsky.social) ! Looking forward to the tutorial video on tiktok with the things you plan to add to it.

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‪Cait‬ ‪@cailahey.bsky.social‬

I don’t see it in my App Store

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‪ CamronJK - Enby Vtuber - Slowly Rebranding‬ ‪@camronjk.com‬

"up for review"

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‪RetroSpectacle‬ ‪@retrospectacle.bsky.social‬

This is unbelievably cool and also impressive!

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‪beckin.bsky.social‬ ‪@beckin.bsky.social‬

Wait, is it available now? I just checked and there’s a Skylight App, but it doesn’t AppStore be the one.

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Video 1 of 2 If you’ve ever kicked yourself for not posting on TikTok sooner, then start posting videos on BlueSky!!! #atproto #skylight #atprototiktok #tiktokban #skylightsocial

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Tori (@buildwithtori.com)

Video 2 of 2 Go watch the other video first if you haven’t! If you’ve ever kicked yourself for not posting on TikTok sooner, then start posting videos on BlueSky today!!! #atproto #skylight #atprototiktok #tiktokban #skylightsocial

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Bluesky launches a custom feed for vertical videos Bluesky launches a custom feed for vertical videos | TechCrunch​

Bluesky’s mobile app now has a trending videos section in the Explore tab, and like with any other short video app, you can swipe up to see more videos. You can pin the feed to have it show up on your home screen or add it to your list of feeds.

“We had to get in on the video action, too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize,” the company said in a post.

Bluesky also acknowledged developers building TikTok alternatives on AT Protocol — the decentralized protocol behind Bluesky — such as Tik.Blue, Skylight.Social, and Bluescreen.Blue. These apps are in early stages of development, with running closed testing programs.

With the uncertainty around TikTok and other ByteDance apps, including CapCut, Lemon8, and Marvel Snap, Bluesky has seen its user base and crossed the 28 million user mark over the weekend.

 

[Dzali OG]

Signed up there and the place appears to be cac central. Can't even find decent people to follow...

 

[AStrangeName]

Signed up there and the place appears to be cac central. Can't even find decent people to follow...

Go to feeds, then scroll down to discover new feeds and select Blacksky if you're trying to interact with black people on the app

 

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Reed Harmeyer (@reedharmeyer.bsky.social)

This is a huge step forward for video on #atproto! Can’t wait to try it out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

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Reed Harmeyer

This is a huge step forward for video on #atproto! Can’t wait to try it out!

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‪Critter Clique ‬ ‪@critterclique.bsky.social‬

TEDDY CANT STOP SMILING ABOUT THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF skylight.social ! ✌

Let's all post videos on Bluesky to help launch
skylight.social
(the AWESOME Bluesky AT protocol TIKTOK ALTERNATIVE! )

Follow Tori (@buildwithtori.com) and Reed Harmeyer (@reedharmeyer.bsky.social) for more info!

#SmilingDog

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‪RedbeardPrime‬ ‪@redbeardprime.bsky.social‬

I have a question about the AT Protocol and videos that hopefully you can answer, because Google was no help. Is there a limit in the length of videos on the AT Protocol? I know Bluesky limits to 60s, but is that protocol wide? I ask because I was thinking about a YouTube alternative on AT Protocol

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‪ PANDA ‬ ‪@panda-news.bsky.social‬

Hey Reed, I was asked to relay these questions.

If yes, then a possible timeline for each.

-Music/Sounds
-In app editor
-monetization

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‪Tony Frye‬ ‪@tonyfrye.rocks‬

Now if only they'd increase the time/size limit! 3 minutes would be great and anything more than 50MB would be an improvement.

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‪dobryduch‬ ‪@wojtek.omg.lol‬

Video quality is something to work on for sure. But we’re getting somewhere. ;)

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‪ PANDA ‬ ‪@panda-news.bsky.social‬

Works really well, although it's limited to recent posts it seems. So it runs out of videos to watch after a while.

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‪ PANDA ‬ ‪@panda-news.bsky.social‬

Maybe if they could put a repeating loop possibly.. I know it's because there's not a lot of people that have posted videos yet as well.

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‪Kimberhosen‬ ‪@kimberhosen.bsky.social‬

Whatttttt yaaaaasssss

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‪Furgie and Friends‬ ‪@cyb3rk4t.bsky.social‬

Woot!!! Let’s go!

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Bluesky (@bsky.app)

We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

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Spoiler: full text & large images

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Bluesky
We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video!

Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

https://video.bsky.app/watch/did:pl...oejammaaocmy42pdz3eeeuwpzst3m2u/playlist.m3u8



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‪Bluesky‬ ‪@bsky.app‬
In video custom feeds, you can swipe up to enter a timeline of only video posts.

Try it yourself by clicking into this video custom feed and scrolling up. Bluesky



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‪Bluesky‬ ‪@bsky.app‬
Independent no-code tools for building custom feeds like Graze Social (@graze.social) and SkyFeed App (@skyfeed.app) are already working on adding support for video feeds.



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‪Bluesky‬ ‪@bsky.app‬
With custom feeds, you can customize your Bluesky experience. The ability to swipe vertically between videos is specific to video custom feeds.

Standard custom feeds and posts that contain video don’t automatically enter you into a video timeline.



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‪Bluesky‬ ‪@bsky.app‬
We’re also excited to see that the AT Protocol Developers (@atproto.com) community is creating video-only apps as well! You can follow along with their progress here:

tik (@tik.blue)

skylight.social

Bluescreen App (@bluescreen.blue)



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‪Bluesky‬ ‪@bsky.app‬
This update is rolling out on mobile now! If you don’t see the new video feed, try restarting your app once or twice to let the latest changes take effect.



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‪Torro Wirasa Jagratara‬ ‪@twjagratara.bsky.social‬
Could you add a way to verify accounts so we can tell which ones are real or fake?



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‪LennyPolls (NoPolitics)‬ ‪@lennypolls.bsky.social‬
Polls when?



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‪SomeThingElseYT‬ ‪@somethingelseyt.bsky.social‬
This sucks



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‪Behindmyscreen‬ ‪@behindmyscreen.com‬
Ok? Don’t use it? Wait for some of the video only apps to get published.



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‪Nibilo‬ ‪@nibilo.bsky.social‬
Give us bookmarks, longer videos and the feed picking back up where you left it on your phone without having to scroll down like a maniac.



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‪Adrian‬ ‪@ahbrizzle.bsky.social‬
Yes to all of that. Plus being able to send photos in DMs.



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‪Røss‬ ‪@ross1.bsky.social‬




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‪PolyInnovator‬ ‪@polyinnovator.bsky.social‬
Yeah but I can't find this. Is it not on desktop? How do I post to it without using mobile?



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‪SacRebel‬ ‪@sacrebel.bsky.social‬
You can only use the scrolling view on mobile but any video post can appear. You can tag with #skytok to get picked up by SkyTok which is another video feed. You can use the Video and SkyTok feeds on desktop but they just show like a feed of posts with videos



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‪The Largess‬ ‪@thelargess.bsky.social‬
Now can you add a save function on posts and videos?



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‪Linas M‬ ‪@ohio-lkm.bsky.social‬


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‪☭ 1LuckyMutha.Nature❤‬ ‪@muthanature.bsky.social‬
Enjoying my petty self.

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‪Ricardo Santos‬ ‪@ri-corp.bsky.social‬
Thank you so much for working on this and pushing forward so we have a safe haven again for uncensored discourse.



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‪Just Moe‬ ‪@miamoe88.bsky.social‬
Can someone develop a Marketplace so I can get out of that other hellscape please?



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‪Just Moe‬ ‪@miamoe88.bsky.social‬
Charge a small commission on the sales and those pennies would add up to a nice ad-free platform.



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‪Tessie‬ ‪@tessie.bsky.social‬
I’ve been saying for awhile - we need Craigslist but make it social media.



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‪Just Moe‬ ‪@miamoe88.bsky.social‬
I was developing one a while back. Even wrote a catchy jingle, and registered name. Couldn't find the help I needed so it died on the vine.



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‪ DirtyPiggy ‬ ‪@dirtypiggy.bsky.social‬
Any way to hide the videos? I disable it and the videos still appear in my search.



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‪Joe Covello‬ ‪@jccpunj.bsky.social‬
We desperately need a post edit button.



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‪suzannegegna.bsky.social‬ ‪@suzannegegna.bsky.social‬
Yes we do!



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‪Hartic‬ ‪@hartic.bsky.social‬
Get rid of the bots! It’s worse than X is.



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‪guynamedgatsby.bsky.social‬ ‪@guynamedgatsby.bsky.social‬
What’s X?



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‪Stoned Slices Art‬ ‪@stoned-slices-art.bsky.social‬
fukk short videos, they sre uselessness for the mindless. Issac Asimov and Sagan were right about the 30 second sound bite dumbing down America.



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‪Rich Kavanagh‬ ‪@terrythomasforever.bsky.social‬
1. Make something good.
2. Dumb it down to make it popular.
3. Sell it.
4. Monetise it.



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‪Stoned Slices Art‬ ‪@stoned-slices-art.bsky.social‬
Step 2, it's the reason why we have a felon in the white house and half the population thinks that's okay. It's why people want prayer in school. It's the reason they want to replace science (evolution) with a myth (religion) in public schools



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‪horizontalrunner.bsky.social‬ ‪@horizontalrunner.bsky.social‬
Deleted meta, let's do this.



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‪Scotty‬ ‪@thatscottychick.bsky.social‬
Same



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‪Nico Coer‬ ‪@nicocoer.bsky.social‬
Can we increase video length as well? The length being so short has been the barrier for several of my friends, especially those who do media analysis.



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‪daneestillwriting.bsky.social‬ ‪@daneestillwriting.bsky.social‬
Is it still 60secs?



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‪tahoma-toelkes.bsky.social‬ ‪@tahoma-toelkes.bsky.social‬
I'm glad you did this AND made it optional. I could care less about video and don't want it shoved in my face; however, I know that many folks enjoy their "reels".



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‪Karen‬ ‪@xennialcarebear.bsky.social‬
The majority of them are just random sounds now. I guess thats asmr? Hated them



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‪Blue Dot in a Purple Sea‬ ‪@tlcowan.bsky.social‬
Y'all have done a great job handling this sudden growth. Please always remember who supports you, and continue to clamp down on bad actors. We'll support you back.



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‪Rainer Massmann‬ ‪@rainermassmann.bsky.social‬
And now: bookmarks, please!



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‪Ari's Art Account (BIONICLE Enjoyer)‬ ‪@ariartaccount.bsky.social‬
Seriously, bookmarks, please



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