Bluesky

Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform and its associated technology, including the AT Protocol. It provides an alternative to traditional social networks by allowing users to control their own data and experience.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news for its product updates, technical outages, and its CEO's public statements about the platform's future direction.

Latest on Bluesky

• Bluesky wants to give you your own domain on the open web
• Bluesky adds an ‘algorithmic opt-out’ feature for those who don’t want to go viral
• Bluesky now lets you upload 10-minute long videos
• Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
• Can social media start over? Bluesky’s CEO and COO deliver their case at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
• Bluesky’s active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app
• Sometimes people just want to post to their followers, Bluesky says.

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