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The exodus is quite something to behold. #Bluesky

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We just rolled out a new app update (version 1.94), just in time to celebrate 20 MILLION users on Bluesky! bsky.app/download 20 fun facts for 20M users:

2. Here's an image from a presentation Jay gave to Twitter, representing the Twitter bird freed from a closed platform to fly in Bluesky's open ecosystem.

3. Bluesky was an invite-only app until February 2024 to give us time to grow the network responsibly and build our Trust & Safety team. When we opened to the public, we published both a comic strip and an academic paper to explain Bluesky. bsky.social/about/blog/02-…

6. Custom feeds on Bluesky are the first implementation of algorithmic choice. Instead of using a single black-box For You algorithm, you can create and subscribe to your own. Now, there are over 50k+ custom feeds on the network! Check them out: bsky.app/feeds

8. Bluesky is an open ecosystem with an API that is guaranteed to always be open to developers. Developers, we're eager to see what you create! Our API docs are here. docs.bsky.app

13. The TV character Alf has long been a part of Bluesky's lore. When we first shipped custom feeds, our example custom feed showed posts mentioning Alf. Developers, check out our feed template here: github.com/bluesky-social…

15. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol. This is the standard that Bluesky's open network is built upon. atproto.com

16. Twitter was inspired to start Bluesky by the paper “Protocols, not Platforms.” The author, Mike Masnick, is now on our board. bsky.social/about/blog/08-…

19. Paul, Bluesky's CTO, built the earliest version of the Bluesky app, and the first client for Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB), a peer-to-peer networking protocol.

try out the Sky Follower Bridge Chrome extension that helps you find your follows on Bluesky! chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-fol…

Wow! What on earth happened here? (I don't mean "why did so many people move to a different social network," but "why did they all go to 🦋")

Jeremy Howard I've noticed this too. Lots of people I follow talking about Bluesky, but none about Threads. It has set off my startup spidey-sense. When a whole bunch of otherwise unrelated people are talking about the same thing, it's often a sign of something big happening.

1. There’s an argument I want to discuss. It goes something like this: Donald Trump’s policies are going to alienate some of the people who voted for him.

Jay Graber, Bluesky CEO: "I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society." bsky.app/download