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Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet

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Jay Graber is the CEO of Bluesky , a social platform named after good weather.

Graber joined Bluesky in 2019 , it was an experiment within Twitter that would give users more control.

The open source protocol allows sovereign digital spaces to integrate with one another as needed.

Bluesky Social is a decentralized social network that uses open web principles and more Web 1.0 kinds of technology.

The social network is evolving social media that was based in centralized companies into something that is open and distributed.

Bluesky ’s largest investor is a venture capital firm that specializes in crypto.

Bluesky is building a digital commons of user data where you get to control your identity and your data.

Anyone can do the equivalent of standing up a new blog and host their own views online.

Bluesky, the app, is just one site where speech can happen. We’re building infrastructure that I hope stays around for a long time.