🇨🇦 Samir Al-Battran
@samir.fedica.com
Father to 3 amazing kids.
Founder of @fedica.com,
Cofounder of rentcompass,
Builder of popular mobile apps,
Traveler, pentalingual
Busy: Building tools for the Fediverse and Bluesky!
Founder of @fedica.com,
Cofounder of rentcompass,
Builder of popular mobile apps,
Traveler, pentalingual
Busy: Building tools for the Fediverse and Bluesky!
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Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team joins @rabble.nz to discuss what it takes to run decentralized social media at scale.
In this ep:
- How @bsky.app grew to 40M+ users with a tiny team
- What makes the AT Protocol different
- Why the right to exit matters for social media
Watch now: youtu.be/p0O4dRi7nPs
In this ep:
- How @bsky.app grew to 40M+ users with a tiny team
- What makes the AT Protocol different
- Why the right to exit matters for social media
Watch now: youtu.be/p0O4dRi7nPs
Decentralized Social Media for 40 Million+ Users (with Bluesky’s Jay Graber)
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team joins @rabble.nz to discuss what it takes to run decentralized social media at scale.
In this ep:
- How @bsky.app grew to 40M+ users with a tiny team
- What makes the AT Protocol different
- Why the right to exit matters for social media
Watch now: youtu.be/p0O4dRi7nPs
In this ep:
- How @bsky.app grew to 40M+ users with a tiny team
- What makes the AT Protocol different
- Why the right to exit matters for social media
Watch now: youtu.be/p0O4dRi7nPs
I grew up in a dictatorship
They kept naming and renaming buildings, squares and bridges after him to the point when almost all bridges became "Saddam bridge" and you had no idea which bridge people are referring to
They kept naming and renaming buildings, squares and bridges after him to the point when almost all bridges became "Saddam bridge" and you had no idea which bridge people are referring to
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I grew up in a dictatorship
They kept naming and renaming buildings, squares and bridges after him to the point when almost all bridges became "Saddam bridge" and you had no idea which bridge people are referring to
They kept naming and renaming buildings, squares and bridges after him to the point when almost all bridges became "Saddam bridge" and you had no idea which bridge people are referring to
Wait wait wait
Robert Milone is the vice chair of ACIP??!?
It's like the tried very hard to pick the worst person for every single job!
Robert Milone is the vice chair of ACIP??!?
It's like the tried very hard to pick the worst person for every single job!
December 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Wait wait wait
Robert Milone is the vice chair of ACIP??!?
It's like the tried very hard to pick the worst person for every single job!
Robert Milone is the vice chair of ACIP??!?
It's like the tried very hard to pick the worst person for every single job!
This has to be the stupidest thing I heard to day!
In order to lower the costs of farmers due to tariffs, he wants to make those tariffs "severe". Guess what this do to their costs, genius?
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
In order to lower the costs of farmers due to tariffs, he wants to make those tariffs "severe". Guess what this do to their costs, genius?
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’ | Globalnews.ca
Trump made the comment during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers.
globalnews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This has to be the stupidest thing I heard to day!
In order to lower the costs of farmers due to tariffs, he wants to make those tariffs "severe". Guess what this do to their costs, genius?
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
In order to lower the costs of farmers due to tariffs, he wants to make those tariffs "severe". Guess what this do to their costs, genius?
globalnews.ca/news/1156884...
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Fedica 2.0 is finally here! 🎉
Get scheduling, analytics, research & analysis in one suite now with new Bluesky research tools for lists, follower filtering, follower overlap, dark mode and more!
Check it! 👇
Get scheduling, analytics, research & analysis in one suite now with new Bluesky research tools for lists, follower filtering, follower overlap, dark mode and more!
Check it! 👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Fedica 2.0 is finally here! 🎉
Get scheduling, analytics, research & analysis in one suite now with new Bluesky research tools for lists, follower filtering, follower overlap, dark mode and more!
Check it! 👇
Get scheduling, analytics, research & analysis in one suite now with new Bluesky research tools for lists, follower filtering, follower overlap, dark mode and more!
Check it! 👇
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Samir Al-Battran
Bluesky just hit 40 million users ☁️ ✨
As a certified #Bluesky elder 😎 it’s awesome to see this community take flight.
Here’s to the next 40M to discover cloud ninee 💫
Congrats @bsky.app & @atproto.com !
As a certified #Bluesky elder 😎 it’s awesome to see this community take flight.
Here’s to the next 40M to discover cloud ninee 💫
Congrats @bsky.app & @atproto.com !
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Bluesky just hit 40 million users ☁️ ✨
As a certified #Bluesky elder 😎 it’s awesome to see this community take flight.
Here’s to the next 40M to discover cloud ninee 💫
Congrats @bsky.app & @atproto.com !
As a certified #Bluesky elder 😎 it’s awesome to see this community take flight.
Here’s to the next 40M to discover cloud ninee 💫
Congrats @bsky.app & @atproto.com !
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New tools. Better results.
With Fedica, you can now:
• Schedule Tumblr posts
• Run Threads polls
• Track link clicks
• Dive into Bluesky analytics
Smarter workflows for marketers and agencies. See https://twp.ai/4inw6H
#bluesky #blueskytools
With Fedica, you can now:
• Schedule Tumblr posts
• Run Threads polls
• Track link clicks
• Dive into Bluesky analytics
Smarter workflows for marketers and agencies. See https://twp.ai/4inw6H
#bluesky #blueskytools
June 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New tools. Better results.
With Fedica, you can now:
• Schedule Tumblr posts
• Run Threads polls
• Track link clicks
• Dive into Bluesky analytics
Smarter workflows for marketers and agencies. See https://twp.ai/4inw6H
#bluesky #blueskytools
With Fedica, you can now:
• Schedule Tumblr posts
• Run Threads polls
• Track link clicks
• Dive into Bluesky analytics
Smarter workflows for marketers and agencies. See https://twp.ai/4inw6H
#bluesky #blueskytools
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Samir Al-Battran
Today, we're launching two things at @anew.social: a Bridgy Fed settings page and a Patreon!
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.
🧵 (1/2)
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.
🧵 (1/2)
Bridgy Fed Config & Patreon
Today, we're launching two projects we've been excited to unveil for a while: a settings page for Bridgy Fed and a Patreon for all the folks who have asked us how they can support our work.
Let's div...
blog.anew.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today, we're launching two things at @anew.social: a Bridgy Fed settings page and a Patreon!
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.
🧵 (1/2)
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky.
🧵 (1/2)
What the actual f***!
Why?
Why?
Enhanced Games: Doped swimmer claims 50m freestyle 'world record'
Organisers of a controversial event allowing banned performance-enhancing drugs say a swimmer has broken a long-standing world record.
www.bbc.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What the actual f***!
Why?
Why?
The government of Alberta is like that neighbour who keeps burning garbage and stink up the whole neighbourhood
You can't wait enough for them to move out!
You can't wait enough for them to move out!
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The government of Alberta is like that neighbour who keeps burning garbage and stink up the whole neighbourhood
You can't wait enough for them to move out!
You can't wait enough for them to move out!
Imagine a 7% minority that owns 90% of all private land and feels they are discriminated against lol
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
White South Africans arrive in US under Trump refugee plan
Donald Trump says they are victims of "racial discrimination", which is strongly denied by South Africa.
www.bbc.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Imagine a 7% minority that owns 90% of all private land and feels they are discriminated against lol
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bluesky - we need your support + feedback!
Bluesky analytics & search tools is live now on our Product Hunt:
✅ post analytics,
✅ bio search,
✅ follower insights,
✅ analytics keyword filters, and
✅ smart scheduling to Bluesky
✅ with deep cross-platform support.
www.producthunt.com/...
Bluesky analytics & search tools is live now on our Product Hunt:
✅ post analytics,
✅ bio search,
✅ follower insights,
✅ analytics keyword filters, and
✅ smart scheduling to Bluesky
✅ with deep cross-platform support.
www.producthunt.com/...
April 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Bluesky - we need your support + feedback!
Bluesky analytics & search tools is live now on our Product Hunt:
✅ post analytics,
✅ bio search,
✅ follower insights,
✅ analytics keyword filters, and
✅ smart scheduling to Bluesky
✅ with deep cross-platform support.
www.producthunt.com/...
Bluesky analytics & search tools is live now on our Product Hunt:
✅ post analytics,
✅ bio search,
✅ follower insights,
✅ analytics keyword filters, and
✅ smart scheduling to Bluesky
✅ with deep cross-platform support.
www.producthunt.com/...
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New Fedica Feature Alert: Forgot your alt text?
You'll get a quick warning before posting now in Fedica (if you turn the setting on so you never miss the chance to boost accessibility and engagement.
Make your posts count by always adding alt text!
1/2
You'll get a quick warning before posting now in Fedica (if you turn the setting on so you never miss the chance to boost accessibility and engagement.
Make your posts count by always adding alt text!
1/2
April 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New Fedica Feature Alert: Forgot your alt text?
You'll get a quick warning before posting now in Fedica (if you turn the setting on so you never miss the chance to boost accessibility and engagement.
Make your posts count by always adding alt text!
1/2
You'll get a quick warning before posting now in Fedica (if you turn the setting on so you never miss the chance to boost accessibility and engagement.
Make your posts count by always adding alt text!
1/2
El Salvador is the new Abu Ghraib
April 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
El Salvador is the new Abu Ghraib
I wonder if he will hold a press conference to celebrate 30,000 milestone on the way down as well
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jg6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jg6...
President Donald Trump touts Dow 30,000 milestone
YouTube video by CNBC Television
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wonder if he will hold a press conference to celebrate 30,000 milestone on the way down as well
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jg6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jg6...
So the whole tariff thing is based on bad math?
No wonder they eliminated the department of education 🤦♂️
No wonder they eliminated the department of education 🤦♂️
April 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So the whole tariff thing is based on bad math?
No wonder they eliminated the department of education 🤦♂️
No wonder they eliminated the department of education 🤦♂️
When I read this, it dawned on me that the US stopped being a major super power on the world stage, it's more like a small country now focused on internal issues
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/m...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/m...
As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid.
www.nbcnews.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I read this, it dawned on me that the US stopped being a major super power on the world stage, it's more like a small country now focused on internal issues
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/m...
www.nbcnews.com/news/world/m...
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Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol techcrunch.com/2025/...
Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol | TechCrunch
A year ago, Bluesky was opening up to the public and was known as one of the many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk acquired the network formerly
techcrunch.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Beyond Bluesky: These are the apps building social experiences on the AT Protocol techcrunch.com/2025/...
It warms my heart to see so many entries in the logs with "Bridgy Fed" user agent :)
cc/ @snarfed.org
cc/ @snarfed.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It warms my heart to see so many entries in the logs with "Bridgy Fed" user agent :)
cc/ @snarfed.org
cc/ @snarfed.org
For those attending #AtmosphereConf
see you tomorrow!
see you tomorrow!
March 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
For those attending #AtmosphereConf
see you tomorrow!
see you tomorrow!
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Join us Tuesday, March 18 for topic:
@fedica.com -- their New Features and Bluesky! #DigiBlogChat
7pm UK time, 8pm western Europe, 3pm ET, Noon PST
@fedica.com -- their New Features and Bluesky! #DigiBlogChat
7pm UK time, 8pm western Europe, 3pm ET, Noon PST
a blue sky with a butterfly and the word bluesky on it
ALT: a blue sky with a butterfly and the word bluesky on it
media.tenor.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Join us Tuesday, March 18 for topic:
@fedica.com -- their New Features and Bluesky! #DigiBlogChat
7pm UK time, 8pm western Europe, 3pm ET, Noon PST
@fedica.com -- their New Features and Bluesky! #DigiBlogChat
7pm UK time, 8pm western Europe, 3pm ET, Noon PST
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I use @fedica.com for that. Allows for scheduling posts across multiple platforms including BS. Annual fee but worth it.
February 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I use @fedica.com for that. Allows for scheduling posts across multiple platforms including BS. Annual fee but worth it.
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Samir Al-Battran
Want to fully own and control your Bluesky growth?
Repost + Follow (for DM!) the post below for a chance to win 1 year of our Grow Plan ($288 value)! 🎊
Watch the full deep-dive into everything available:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
Repost + Follow (for DM!) the post below for a chance to win 1 year of our Grow Plan ($288 value)! 🎊
Watch the full deep-dive into everything available:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
🎉 We’re bringing you a bunch of new Bluesky tools! 🚀
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
February 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Want to fully own and control your Bluesky growth?
Repost + Follow (for DM!) the post below for a chance to win 1 year of our Grow Plan ($288 value)! 🎊
Watch the full deep-dive into everything available:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
Repost + Follow (for DM!) the post below for a chance to win 1 year of our Grow Plan ($288 value)! 🎊
Watch the full deep-dive into everything available:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
Reposted by 🇨🇦 Samir Al-Battran
🎉 We’re bringing you a bunch of new Bluesky tools! 🚀
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
February 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🎉 We’re bringing you a bunch of new Bluesky tools! 🚀
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...
🦋 Track growth
🦋 Manage followers
🦋 Measure engagement
See deeper stats to build a thriving community that’s truly yours. ✨
See more:
fedica.com/blog/bluesky...