Bluesky is an initiative to develop a distributed social network protocol and an associated social networking service.
Originally spun out by Twitter, Inc., it hired its first employees in 2021, and was incorporated as an independent public benefit company the same year. Jay Graber serves as the company's CEO, and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey sits on its board of directors.It operates its own social network, Bluesky Social, which is accessible via a web browser or an app for iOS and Android. The service is in an invite-only beta, but the company has specified plans to open it up to the general public later. The service has been called "Twitter-like".
Service history
Bluesky was described in 2021 as an initiative to develop a decentralized social network protocol, in which multiple social networks, each with its own systems of curation and moderation, interact with other social networks through an open standard. Each social network using the protocol would be called an "application". As of 2023...