Bluesky Team

We apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the si…

v1.130 is live! Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.

First Bluesky user to judge the Great British Bake Off! 🍰

We’re rolling out improvements to trending topics right now! If you don’t already have it, you will in the next day or so. The new system catches more topics, identifies more posts within that topic, and serves them up faster, so you can …

Update: group chats can now host up to 100 members.

Today we’re launching Bluesky Protocol Services, a new brand and website for the infrastructure Bluesky operates. And Jetstream v2, the best way for developers to use atproto at scale, now with network replay. atproto.com/blog/introdu...

The most significant extension to the protocol since launch—atproto spaces—is now officially alpha software you can start testing with. Here's more about the goals and how to start testing. atproto.com/blog/atproto...

For the "release on a Friday because we're invincible geniuses" crowd — we have a So Big(!) new PDS, piping hot out of the oven. We've got UI customization, OTel monitoring, session reporting fixes, bigger blobs... our whole summer roadmap…

We’ve got a special AMA with Bluesky CEO @toni.bsky.team. Respond with your questions and join us on the livestream next Tuesday.

Buttondown now has a built-in @standard.site integration that publishes records to your PDS alongside your newsletters.

Why is a Nubian waterwheel a perfect metaphor for building sustainable community technology? @kandake.africa has the answer. atproto.com/off-protocol...

Excited for @calabro.io to join the Livestream. Reply with your questions about running the largest node on the atproto network.