Joe Basser, Spark founder, is also one of the best explainers on the Atmosphere.Building on his previous post, which explains that "When users can leave without losing [everything]... platforms lose the ability to quietly tighten the screws forever", Basser explores what happens as a result: "What does social media look like when anti-enshittifica…

In 2026 Bluesky will double down on a feature which gives them "a real advantage... Closed platforms are structurally limited in how they can respond to live moments... one algorithm, one team making decisions, one set of product surfaces, one content policy. An open protocol doesn't have those limits. Anyone can spin up a feed for a live event. A…

Good example of ATScience: "Paper Skygest is a personalized research feed that shows posts about papers from accounts in your following network."

"What happens when you put politicians, media businesses and protocol engineers in the same room to discuss European sovereignty?" - my post following Eurosky.Live in Berlin, November 2025.

Another Bluesky guide with "the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code", including a brief but informative history lesson.Of particular interest to me in early November 2024:"they promise they won’t “enshittify” the service in future... [are] explicitly building the network to be “billionaire-proof”", although n…

Good intro to Bluesky custom feeds on the "Skyfeed ... third party app that helps you manage and organize you Bluesky experience. Within Skyfeed is a custom Feed Builder", which tbh is probably the only reason to use Skyfeed - the interface takes some getting used to.By the time I read this I'd already created my first custom feed using blueskyfee…

The official Bluesky post introducing custom feeds: "On Bluesky, anyone can create a feed ... Welcome to a new paradigm in social media where users have more choice and control... we provide an open marketplace of feeds and let users choose which ones they want to use. "