I know a lot of folks here have their qualms about Bluesky, but I hope folks are paying attention to what Rudy Fraser and Blacksky Algorithms are doing to decentralize their community from Bluesky PBC infra. Decentralization at every level of the stack is happening on ATProto. It started *within* the Bluesky infra, slowly drifting away one step at a time, and it's inspiring to watch it all happen. You can learn more here:

Blacksky Algorithms

Build Community Online with Decentralized Tools | Blacksky

Decentralized tools to build community online. The intercommunal net where communities govern, pool funds and stay safe on their own terms.

"Is the future of the open social web one dominant protocol or bridges and duct tape?" @Chris Trottier at #Fedicon The future of the open social web is people connecting with people no matter what technology they happen to choose. And if bridges and duct tape is what's necessary, then we'll continue building bridges, because it's connections and community over everything.

@Chris Trottier hosting a panel with today's speakers to close out #Fedicon: @dansup, @npub17gq5...8hhz, @julian, @Johanna, CanCon variant, and @npub1wsct...59v5

@Johanna, CanCon variant at #Fedicon on our online communities as third spaces (yes!!!)

@npub17gq5...8hhz LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 🗣️🗣️🗣️ #Fedicon

Sean Tilley (@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org)

“There are 8 billion humans, and we should aim to serve every single one….We can’t exactly hold up the Fediverse as a viable alternative when...

@julian diving into the hard problems of building for the Fediverse at #Fedicon, starting with hilariously talking about how those hard problems look like to average users 😅