... Yesterday, Jay Graber (Former Bluesky's CEO) introduced Attie  the first agentic social app on Atproto. (currently as an invite-only closed beta) It should allow users to: create custom social feeds and, eventually, build their own apps on the open AT Protocol (atproto) it s similar to Grok in that it reads and understands posts AND that's where users of Bluesky

... Great Scott ! Bluesky raised $100M Series B from Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Knight Foundation and True Ventures. Why they waited a year to tell anyone about it is anyone's guess. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Maybe they waited for that moment when Jay Graber steps down and the new CEO, Toni Schneider, because the growth was stagnating... so maybe they could announce the funding under a new growth phase narrative ... ... Comment from Chris Messina(@chrismessina): @busmark_w_nika  maybe, but Mike Masnick (Bluesky

... Bluesky CEO @arcalinea has announced she is stepping down , transitioning to Chief Innovation Officer. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as the board seeks a permanent replacement, staying active in his role as partner at True Ventures ...

... remember that social media (decentralised) platform that experienced such a boom one year ago? Yeah, Bluesky as for today, hit 40 M users (I understood that "accounts") and is trying to improve experience, such as: adding downvoting system  dislikes,  moderation tools (e.g. detecting toxic comments),  enhancing UX/UI. I somehow lost connection with this platform, tho I am there every day, but I miss builders and tech community on it (they returned back on Twitter/X). In my opinion ... ... Bluesky

... Bluesky is implementing comprehensive updates to its policies and community guidelines , driven by global regulations and user feedback, with a focus on improving user safety, clarity, and community standards. Key Takeaways New guidelines organized around four principles: Safety First, Respect Others, Be Authentic, and Follow the Rules Introduces an informal dispute resolution process, allowing direct phone conversations to resolve user conflicts Addresses previous moderation challenges by providing more detailed policies on content moderation, hate speech, and user conduct Curious ...

... building a personal brand, I guess, keeping up with the onslaught of notifications is not the easiest thing to do. I personally open some notifications after a month (like today on Bluesky, Substack and Twitter), not to mention that I reply to some messages after months. It helps me keep my sanity. But it took me almost 4 hours to handle these today. On the other hand, I manage ProductHunt and LinkedIn quite regularly. How are you doing with this ... ... getting a lot of AI slop posts and fake influencers which somehow its algo seems to promote unlike twitter. I believe, for personal branding, twitter and youtube are the best. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @martin_rue  BlueSky

... VIBECODED? Feel free to share the link or the picture What tool did you use? What was the most difficult part? Did you earn any money with that? Here is mine: It was supposed to be a directory of Bluesky tools I used v0.dev by @Vercel The most difficult parts were to define something + It also rewrote good parts of the code, so it was kind of a mess for me. I haven't earned any money because I haven ... ... project was a todo webapp classic entry point But the one I'm most proud of came later: Claudine , a kanban board for Claude Code. Built it because I kept losing track of which agent conversations needed my attention vs

... January: Say Hello to Mastodon Great news for Mastodon users! We're excited to announce our third integration: share your updates on Mastodon alongside X (Twitter) and BlueSky - all from your menu bar. Simple and easy! New Platform: Added Mastodon, matching all the same features as X and BlueSky

... Here is my ratio (in the order): Bluesky X Product Hunt Substack LinkedIn YouTube What are your "social media priorities" so I can know where most of the audience is? :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ag94 Too much OnlyFans? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @qiqi_sharon How do you handle Reddit? I have heard that many people are blocked from posting or banned. Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ag94 Don't you want to reconsider to change ... ... best; X is mainly for information gathering, and PH is primarily for discovering high-value products. Comment from Zhiqi Shi(@zhiqi_shi): X PH YouTube Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): TBH, even when it is calmer on Bluesky

... party posting? Analytics apps? What else? Building something for Bluesky? Tell us what's coming ...