Bluesky Social Platform

The cluster discusses Bluesky's features like non-intrusive feeds, federation versus decentralization, comparisons to Twitter, user growth, moderation, and political user base leanings.

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_fizz_buzz_ • Nov 15, 2024 • View on HN

The owner of bluesky doesn't artifically inject themselves on top of your feed.

chc4 • Nov 16, 2024 • View on HN

Good news! You just described how Bluesky works

sathyabhat • Nov 16, 2024 • View on HN

Nope, bluesky itselfhttps://chaos.social/@jonty/110307532009155432https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35820815

p-e-w • Jan 14, 2025 • View on HN

Bluesky is federated, not decentralized.

articsputnik • Mar 13, 2025 • View on HN

You still can on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/hamilton.bsky.social/post/3lk6yxzan...

TheBlight • May 22, 2024 • View on HN

I thought the entire point of Bluesky was that it was to be decentralized? Did that change?

steveklabnik • Nov 4, 2024 • View on HN

How is Bluesky a walled garden?

fsflover • Jan 25, 2025 • View on HN

Bluesky isn't really federated, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42215410

ChrisArchitect • Mar 2, 2022 • View on HN

Related from recently: Backstory of Bluesky https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30521401

faller_slive • Sep 30, 2022 • View on HN

He is talking about Bluesky.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky_(protocol)