Free Our Feeds Aims to Decentralize Social Media With—or Instead of—Bluesky
The new organization wants to build on the open-source, user-defined model of the increasingly popular platform Bluesky, in case it, too, comes under the control of a billionaire owner.
Nothing but Bluesky? There’s still a way to go for the latest social media craze
Many businesses that use social media are adopting a wait-and-see approach regarding the new social media kid on the block, BlueSky.
Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’
Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to “save social media from billionaire capture.” The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network powering Bluesky.
The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media
TikTok is no longer the No. 1 social app in U.S. app stores. The bad news: Xiaohongshu is. Send news tips to: [email protected]. The push to ‘billionaire-proof’ social media. Since Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion and turned it into X,
In the social media wars, Bluesky is destroying Truth Social
Bluesky surpassed Truth Social’s monthly users. That’s a major win for one app, and a death knell for the other.
‘Free Our Feeds’ campaign aims to billionaire-proof Bluesky’s tech
The initiative, Free Our Feeds, aims to protect Bluesky’s underlying technology, the AT Protocol, and leverage it to create an open social media ecosystem that can’t be controlled by a single company or billionaires,
Hollywood stars and top technologists want to billionaire-proof social media using Bluesky’s protocol
The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.
This Campaign Wants To Raise $4 Million To Make Social Media Immune To Billionaire Takeover
Free Our Feeds, which includes support from the Mozilla Foundation, is working with Bluesky to make sure the open source ...
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent ...
Project to 'free social media from billionaire control' plans to take on Musk and Zuck using Bluesky's open source protocol: 'It will take years and hundreds of millions of ...
A cadre of tech founders and activists announced a new social-media focused foundation on Monday with the goal of raising $30 ...
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Pro-Russian disinformation makes its Bluesky debut
The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian ...
How Jay Graber Is Making Sure Bluesky Never Turns Into Elon Musk’s X
Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” ...
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What if Your Favourite Social Media App Was Gone Tomorrow?
A potential app ban could disrupt creators' income and users' emotional well-being. Explore how community loss, ...