Hacker News with Generative AI: Bluesky

Bluesky user activity has declined by 23% over the past three months (bluefacts.app)
This page shows how activity and usage of Bluesky has been growing over time. You can see how many users are actively posting on Bluesky and how many posts are added to Bluesky on a daily basis.
Social Media, Data Analysis, Bluesky, Twitter Alternative
21 points by uwemaurer 30 days ago | 21 comments
It is now possible to use Bluesky without using any centralized infrastructure (fediversereport.com)
Independent ATProto infrastructure has been rapidly expanding recently, experiments with games on ATProto, and Graze offers developer grants.
Decentralization, Social Media, Open Source, Bluesky
11 points by wmf 50 days ago | 0 comments
Apparently Bluesky has one centralized service, the "relay" (mastodon.online)
Social Media, Decentralization, Bluesky, Mastodon
106 points by doener 63 days ago | 80 comments
News from Bluesky (news.0x0.boo)
Popular world news, with high engagement on Bluesky:
Social Media, News, Bluesky
10 points by 0x0boo 70 days ago | 1 comments
Angry users react to Bluesky's upcoming blue check mark verification system (neowin.net)
Bluesky recently added longer video uploads and introduced custom feeds for vertical videos. Now, the platform is getting another update that could bring a familiar, yet different, blue check verification system to the platform.
Social Media, Verification, Bluesky
15 points by bundie 70 days ago | 5 comments
Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash (petapixel.com)
Adobe’s foray into the Twitter alternative Bluesky quickly backfired. Frustrated by the company’s business practices, users on the platform flooded its posts with backlash, ultimately prompting Adobe to delete all of its content.
Social Media, Technology, Adobe, Bluesky
554 points by bookofjoe 77 days ago | 728 comments
Bluesky isn't just another Twitter/X competitor. It fixes social media (crazystupidtech.com)
I joined Bluesky as soon as I could get my hands on an invite back in the summer of 2023.  Twitter/X had become an increasingly unpleasant place since Elon Musk bought it in 2022. And then I discovered what many did back then: There weren’t enough users. I stopped using it. 
Social Media, Twitter, Bluesky
22 points by herbertl 88 days ago | 11 comments
Cross Compiling Swift (khanwinter.com)
There are multiple ways to cross-compile Swift on different platforms. I explored a few methods while building a Discord bot and a Bluesky bot.
Swift, Programming Languages, Cross-Compilation, Discord, Bluesky
3 points by todsacerdoti 89 days ago | 0 comments
Might Be Time for Me to Collect Being Right Points for My Bluesky Prediction (daringfireball.net)
Yours truly back in May 2023, in a thread on Mastodon (at the time, you needed an invitation code to get into Bluesky, and it was just a few months after Musk’s takeover and remaking of what was once Twitter):
Social Media, Predictions, Twitter, Bluesky
11 points by hn1986 94 days ago | 0 comments
Bluesky's CEO on the Future of Social Media – SXSW Live (youtube.com)
Social Media, Bluesky, SXSW
14 points by Brysonbw 98 days ago | 0 comments
Firefox no longer posts on X, now on Bluesky (bsky.app)
Social Media, Firefox, Bluesky
18 points by 3adawi 100 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: I made a tool to port tweets to Bluesky mantaining their original date (bluemigrate.com)
Import your tweets to Bluesky in a few clicks 🦋
Social Media, Twitter, Bluesky, Migration, Tools
524 points by nols05 101 days ago | 213 comments
Publications from 2025 are shared more on Bluesky than on X/Twitter (bsky.app)
Social Media, Twitter, Bluesky, Data Analysis
12 points by doener 104 days ago | 0 comments
Bluesky-based Instagram alternative Flashes launches publicly (techcrunch.com)
Instagram alternative Flashes publicly launched its Bluesky-based photo-sharing app on the App Store this week, gaining nearly 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours.
Social Media, Mobile Apps, Instagram, Bluesky
13 points by PaulHoule 107 days ago | 5 comments
Posting to Bluesky from a Microcontroller (golioth.io)
Bluesky has seen a large increase in its number of users over the last few weeks.
Microcontrollers, Social Media, Bluesky
6 points by hasheddan 123 days ago | 0 comments
Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest newspaper quits X, now on Bluesky (bsky.app)
Social Media, News Media, Poland, Bluesky
85 points by 3adawi 132 days ago | 32 comments
Show HN: I Built a Reddit-style Bluesky client – still rough, but open to ideas (threadsky.app)
A community-driven platform that brings Reddit-style discussions to Bluesky. Join our growing community to discover, share, and engage with content in a familiar format.
Social Media, Open Source, Bluesky, Reddit, Web Development
127 points by lakshikag 132 days ago | 48 comments
Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky (blueskypolls.xyz)
Create an interactive poll and share it on your Bluesky profile
Social Media, Tools, Bluesky, Polls
27 points by lakshikag 142 days ago | 5 comments
Bluesky now has 30 million users (bsky.app)
Social Media, Bluesky, User Growth
200 points by belter 145 days ago | 179 comments
Democratic Politicians Are Flocking to Bluesky (facts.dev)
This list features the most popular politicians on Bluesky, updated daily—perfect for staying informed on the latest trends!
Politics, Social Media, Bluesky, Trends
10 points by uwemaurer 148 days ago | 6 comments
Realtime bot block list on Bluesky (morphic.pro)
A Bluesky bot that automates a block list of accounts that spam follow. 🚫 Blocking 11056 accounts
Social Media, Bots, Anti-Spam, Bluesky
6 points by joshchernoff 158 days ago | 1 comments
Russian disinformation campaigns discover Bluesky (heise.de)
With the growing popularity of the Twitter alternative Bluesky, this network is also becoming increasingly interesting for disinformation campaigns. Currently, the pro-Russian influence operations "Doppelganger" and "Matryoshka" are apparently expanding their activities to Bluesky.
Disinformation, Social Media, Russia, Twitter Alternatives, Bluesky
7 points by doener 160 days ago | 0 comments
Bluesky's Most Popular Feeds in 2025 (bskyinfo.com)
Social Media, Trends, 2025, Bluesky
20 points by laimingj 160 days ago | 0 comments
What other communities do you use apart from HN? (ycombinator.com)
For example: apart from HN, I take part in Reddit and Bluesky. Facebook and Instagram ane inertia. Twitter/X is never more.
Social Media, Online Communities, Reddit, Bluesky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
60 points by stanislavb 167 days ago | 70 comments
Ask HN: Are you on Bluesky or Mastodon? (ycombinator.com)
Just wondering which (if any) of these two social networks HN users frequents and why that choice.
Social Media, Social Networks, Mastodon, Bluesky
10 points by Gooblebrai 173 days ago | 14 comments
Trying to use Bluesky without getting burned again (chrisholdgraf.com)
I see a lot of individuals and communities in my network moving their primary social media presence over to BlueSky in the last few weeks.
Social Media, Bluesky
269 points by ianrahman 180 days ago | 538 comments
So, Bluesky Has an Extortion Problem (tedium.co)
Bluesky, until now, has had a reputation as being a more moderation-friendly alternative to X, Threads, Mastodon, and other social networks.
Social Media, Censorship, Moderation, Bluesky
36 points by coloneltcb 192 days ago | 4 comments
Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization (dustycloud.org)
A few weeks ago I wrote How decentralized is Bluesky really?, a blogpost which received far more attention than I expected on the fediverse and Bluesky both.
Social Media, Decentralization, Bluesky
11 points by davexunit 193 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Who's building tools for Bluesky? (ycombinator.com)
With the rapid growth of the user base, I've seen dozens of tools being built, like analytics, directories, extensions, etc.
Social Media, Bluesky, Tools, Community
10 points by leonagano 200 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Grow Bluesky – A curated collection of the best tools for Bluesky users (growbluesky.com)
Collection of tools to help Bluesky users get followers, track analytics, and connect with others easily
Social Media, Bluesky, Tools, Growth Hacking
54 points by skaplich 201 days ago | 15 comments