Bluesky

Building a Social Web

The web. Email. RSS feeds. XMPP chats. What all these technologies had in common is they allowed people to freely interact and create content, without intermediaries.

We're focusing on re-building the social web by connecting disconnected silos and returning control of the social experience to users. Our mission is to develop and drive the adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.

We're recruiting a small team of developers and technologists for this first stage, starting with a protocol developer and a web developer. Email your resumes and ideas to join@blueskyweb.org.

Or participate in our contest.

We'll have more to say soon! Follow the bluesky Twitter account for updates.

Excited to get involved?

Read our ecosystem review, or learn about the existing bluesky community.

Jamie Cullum (live), piano solo - ARTE Concert

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ZUCKERBERG'S METAVERSE (from The Verge)

Why the metaverse is more than Mark Zuckerberg’s dream

The company formerly known as Facebook has bet big on the metaverse. CEO Mark Zuckerberg hyped the already popular term in October, when he changed the company’s name to Meta and led viewers through its dizzying vision of the

By Adi Robertson@thedextriarchy Dec 2, 2021, 10:00am EST

The Verge

The company formerly known as Facebook has bet big on the metaverse. CEO Mark Zuckerberg hyped the already popular term in October, when he changed the company’s name to Meta and led viewers through its dizzying vision of the future.

But “the metaverse” is a much bigger — and more confusing — idea. From its origins in science fiction, it’s become a catchall for anything that mixes people’s physical and virtual lives. That includes virtual and augmented reality headsets; 3D virtual worlds like Fortnite, Roblox,and Minecraft; and decentralized Web3 services including cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens or NFTs. Lots of “metaverse” proponents don’t agree on a single definition for the word or on how much people are already living in it.

While Meta is making big investments, other companies have already built metaverse-style platforms — some, like Second Life developer Linden Lab, years before Facebook even existed. Here, we delve into the ambiguities of 2021’s most omnipresent tech buzzword and why it might not look like any of these companies have predicted."

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Sunday, December 05, 2021

MISSION: To develop and drive the adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation