Free Our Feeds Aims to Decentralize Social Media With—or Instead of—Bluesky
The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.
‘Free Our Feeds’ campaign aims to billionaire-proof Bluesky’s tech
The initiative, Free Our Feeds, aims to protect Bluesky’s underlying technology, the AT Protocol, and leverage it to create an open social media ecosystem that can’t be controlled by a single company or billionaires,
Nothing but Bluesky? There’s still a way to go for the latest social media craze
Many businesses that use social media are adopting a wait-and-see approach regarding the new social media kid on the block, BlueSky.
The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media
Since Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion and turned it into X, the biggest beneficiary of the ensuing exodus of mostly left-leaning users has been Meta. Its rival offering, Threads, has attracted some 300 million users, far outpacing alternatives such as Bluesky and Mastodon.
“Free Our Feeds” wants to save Bluesky and social networks from billionaires
Bluesky has grown strongly recently, but the promised protection against a takeover, as with Twitter, has not yet been in place. This is set to change soon.
Hollywood stars and top technologists want to billionaire-proof social media using Bluesky’s protocol
The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.
Bluesky users launch campaign to stop billionaires taking over
For the blissfully unaware, Bluesky is an emerging decentralised social media platform similar to the set-up of X. Created by original
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 ...
This Campaign Wants To Raise $4 Million To Make Social Media Immune To Billionaire Takeover
Free Our Feeds, which includes support from the Mozilla Foundation, is working with Bluesky to make sure the open source ...
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From hard blocks to progressive troll armies: Bluesky is rewarding anti-social behavior
Bluesky built its platform on the premise of better moderation and social interaction, but its progressive troll armies and hard blocking features reward users for anti-social behavior.
European Central Bank joins Bluesky, rival to Elon Musk's X
The European Central Bank began posting on the Bluesky micro-blogging platform on Monday, joining a rival to Elon Musk's X ...
How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X
Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” ...
X competitor Bluesky is being valued at around $700 million in a new funding round after explosive growth in the wake of Trump's victory
Bluesky is raising new funding led by Bain Capital Ventures that would value the social media company at around $700 million, ...
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Millions of users are joining Bluesky — here's how to sign up
Enter Bluesky, created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, which feels comfortably familiar while addressing many of its predecessors' pitfalls. What sets Bluesky apart is its commitment to user ...
Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of ...
A cadre of tech founders and activists announced a new social-media focused foundation on Monday with the goal of raising $30 ...