Live view of our servers hanging in there as people keep coming on https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo&cid=bafkreihm2slpdzhurvv3pslgyrulpfncgboqz2c5c7a7rw4dveeocrd7mi

We call them “posts” RE:

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I write songs and tragedies (@princess-jasmine.bsky.social)

Yay! Also jay, what do we call posts here? Put an end to "skeets" 😂

This is a great community ethos. Did you know there’s also a “Newskies” feed with first posts from new users? I sometimes go in there and say hi to new folks coming on. RE:

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Darren Rowse (@darrenrowse.bsky.social)

I think all of us should spend five minutes doing this each day: 👉 Search Bluesky for “first post” 👉 Filter by “latest” 👉 Like an...

Visualization of the network: a night sky where each star is someone posting ✨ RE:

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Hector (@hctr.dev)

I made a thing! I was playing around with the AT protocol and as a little experiment I made a website that visualises activity around Bluesky: nig...

Bluesky’s stream of consciousness 🌀 RE:

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Theo Sanderson (@theo.io)

Exploring the full bluesky firehose, in three dimensions: firehose3d.theo.io

18M! And [@theo.io](

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Theo Sanderson (@theo.io)

researching viral pathogen genomics at @lshtm.bsky.social | theo.io / sandersonlab.org

)‘s user tracker threw up confetti! 🎉 [bsky-users.theo.io](

Bluesky User Counter

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A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.” We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo&cid=bafkreiam3jmgrbj5ebp3teiqbtpnx6jadcwvn7vyuytl5oqnrza3uxcvgi

Glad to see people using this, we’ve tried to build a healthier social app! These controls let you filter the amount of negativity you see. RE:

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ (@flavorflav.bsky.social)

BEST thing about this site,, I can hide negative replies and unattach my posts from reposts that are rude,,, I ain’t gonna take no negativity or ...

Blew right past 17M while I wasn’t paying attention https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo&cid=bafkreiguecfiqal2id3tywl36tdxr5idjxrdisrfsjqxdpitp5dkfuvrsm

Another big day on the way RE:

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hailey (@hailey.at)

bluesky engineers: perhaps today it’ll be a little slower, we’ll catch our breath the internet: MORE!!

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