Blue Streak
@streak.downunder.blue
A creative service offering custom Bluesky handles tailored to Aussie individuals, businesses, and creators looking to stand out on the decentralized social platform
https://streak.downunder.blue
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🌍 The internet has transformed from a diverse ecosystem to a controlled plantation dominated by tech giants. How did we get here, and what does it mean for our digital lives? #TechTakeover #DigitalMonoculture watch @mariafarrell.bsky.social from @webdirections.org Dev Summit '24
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March 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🌍 The internet has transformed from a diverse ecosystem to a controlled plantation dominated by tech giants. How did we get here, and what does it mean for our digital lives? #TechTakeover #DigitalMonoculture watch @mariafarrell.bsky.social from @webdirections.org Dev Summit '24
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This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Bluesky says it is now sending referral traffic through its "go" subdomain to make it easier for publishers to track the traffic coming from the social network (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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March 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This is more important than you realize. Bluesky doesn’t downgrade links. Which means news sites will get more traffic from here than other sites.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Which gives them economic reasons to post here first.
Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood
Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood
Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers.
cybercultural.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood
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“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Bluesky makes it easier for publishers to track referrals
Social network Bluesky, an open source X rival, has made a change that will allow publishers to better track the referral traffic originating from posts on its platform. According to a comment from Bluesky employee Emily Liu, the company is now sending…
tcrn.ch
March 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“Similarweb noted that Bluesky generated 38.6 million outgoing visits in November 2024, spread across a variety of news websites, while Threads generated 24.5 million referrals. However, the firm pointed out that 42% of Threads’ traffic was directing users to Instagram, not publishers’ websites.”
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Meta promises to combat misinformation in Australia using the same strategy it abandoned in the U.S. to appease Trump.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Meta promises to combat misinformation in Australia using the same strategy it abandoned in the U.S. to appease Trump.
🔗 www.404media.co/meta-promise...
🔗 www.404media.co/meta-promise...
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i am only writing about tshirts now techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/b...
Bluesky made more money selling t-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains | TechCrunch
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber made a splash at SXSW last week, showing up at her keynote event in a t-shirt that subtly poked fun at Meta founder Mark
techcrunch.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
i am only writing about tshirts now techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/b...
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That’s it. Pivoting to a tshirt company… had more money coming in today than we did the last two years selling custom domains
March 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
That’s it. Pivoting to a tshirt company… had more money coming in today than we did the last two years selling custom domains
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MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS — A WORLD WITHOUT CAESARS
Support an open internet.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Professor Blue - Bluesky Directory
Analyze your Bluesky posts.
blueskydirectory.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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I completely forgot to monitor mentions of theblue.social on Bluesky 🤷😭 #buildinpublic
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I completely forgot to monitor mentions of theblue.social on Bluesky 🤷😭 #buildinpublic
You're already paying for search. Just not with money.
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January 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
You're already paying for search. Just not with money.
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Fact-checking has been in the news lately. So what’s the evidence it works? Those who study misinformation are perplexed by Meta’s decision to axe 3rd-party fact-checking
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@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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@nature.com
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does fact-checking work? What the science says
Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.
www.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Fact-checking has been in the news lately. So what’s the evidence it works? Those who study misinformation are perplexed by Meta’s decision to axe 3rd-party fact-checking
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@nature.com
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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@nature.com
@natureportfolio.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky.
Tell us about your experience
https://go.nature.com/42fihQG
Tell us about your experience
https://go.nature.com/42fihQG
Has Bluesky replaced X for scientists? Take Nature’s poll
The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky. Tell us about your experience.
go.nature.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The research community has flocked to the social-media platform Bluesky.
Tell us about your experience
https://go.nature.com/42fihQG
Tell us about your experience
https://go.nature.com/42fihQG
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Today, we get into the nitty-gritty details of @surf.social, a new project by @flipboard.com! It's a feed reader with #Fediverse social features, where you can build your own community newsfeed.
Surf is a “Social Browser” App From Flipboard
Flipboard has unleashed Surf, a new kind of social app that combines a Feed Reader with a Feed Builder, with Social Interactions sprinkled in.
wedistribute.org
December 24, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Today, we get into the nitty-gritty details of @surf.social, a new project by @flipboard.com! It's a feed reader with #Fediverse social features, where you can build your own community newsfeed.
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This morning we’re announcing Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web.
Built on AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS, you can easily create and surf custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles and podcasts around the things you care about.
More at surf.social
Built on AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS, you can easily create and surf custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles and podcasts around the things you care about.
More at surf.social
December 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
This morning we’re announcing Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web — the open social web.
Built on AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS, you can easily create and surf custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles and podcasts around the things you care about.
More at surf.social
Built on AT Proto, ActivityPub and RSS, you can easily create and surf custom feeds that organize people, videos, articles and podcasts around the things you care about.
More at surf.social
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How can you make @bsky.app profitable without enshittifying the platform? We asked CEO @jay.bsky.team about her plans for the company at #WIREDBigInterview: wired.trib.al/kFm4jPL
December 4, 2024 at 1:20 AM
How can you make @bsky.app profitable without enshittifying the platform? We asked CEO @jay.bsky.team about her plans for the company at #WIREDBigInterview: wired.trib.al/kFm4jPL
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We're thrilled to be joined by @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, to hear how the company is disrupting social media: #WIREDBigInterview wrd.cm/biginterview...
December 3, 2024 at 10:53 PM
We're thrilled to be joined by @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, to hear how the company is disrupting social media: #WIREDBigInterview wrd.cm/biginterview...
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@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team talks about who the app is for: essentially everyone. To give users the ability and customize the experience, like it’s their own blog. #WIREDBigInterview
December 3, 2024 at 11:09 PM
@bsky.app CEO @jay.bsky.team talks about who the app is for: essentially everyone. To give users the ability and customize the experience, like it’s their own blog. #WIREDBigInterview
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“I have always called them posts” - Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on calling posts… skeets
watch live here: wrd.cm/biginterview... #WIREDBigInterview
watch live here: wrd.cm/biginterview... #WIREDBigInterview
December 3, 2024 at 11:13 PM
“I have always called them posts” - Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on calling posts… skeets
watch live here: wrd.cm/biginterview... #WIREDBigInterview
watch live here: wrd.cm/biginterview... #WIREDBigInterview