Bluesky’s AI assistant Attie expands into an open social research tool

Users can now ask Attie questions about news, trends, and conversations on Bluesky and other apps on the AT Protocol.

Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’

Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is “all in” on the unconventional social media platform.

Bluesky launches group chats, as company shifts focus to community features

Bluesky’s latest feature is group chats, arriving amid a shift in focus on building features for smaller communities.

Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles

In its latest update, Bluesky is getting into long-form content.

Indigo brings the open social web to one app

Indigo’s new social app lets you cross-post to the open social web, including Mastodon and Bluesky, and browse a unified timeline.

As X shuts down Communities, Acorn debuts an alternative that puts creators in control

Acorn lets organizations build and run their own online communities using decentralized tech, with custom feeds, moderation, and analytics tools.

Bluesky now supports better quality photos

The max size is now 2MB and max resolution is 4000×4000.

Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack

The DDoS attack against Mastodon’s flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.

Bluesky confirms DDoS attack is cause of continued app outages

Bluesky has been experiencing ongoing service disruptions since just before 3 a.m. ET. on April 15.

Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance

More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.