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Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Re: Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Post by jcgl »

bruce511 wrote: post #38

I'm generally positive about BlueSky and pleased for their current successes. But I fell like the really hard part is yet to come, and being open might make that part harder. All online communities go through the same phases (or die along the way). In the beginning it's populated by enthusiasts, tech adopters, people with good intentions. The problems are mostly technical and infrastructure. Then it grows rapidly wit…

Relevant. I almost invariably think of this post when discussing federation, openness, etc.

https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/

Re: Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Post by palata »

Lionga wrote: post #17
consumer451 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How so? I believe every single line of everything is open source, aside from their server-side Discover feed algo. But in any case, the question is about the app, which is 100% MIT licensed open source code.

So everything besides the most important part? Real "open source" would for me even imply that all data is freely accessible but this stops way, way before and should not be called open in almost any sense. Just a VC PR play.

Respectfully, I think you don't understand what "open source" means in this context. It has a very specific meaning in software.

You may believe that it is not "open/publicly-available enough", and that is a totally fine opinion to have. But if you say "open source" on HN, people will understand something very different.

Re: Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Post by freeone3000 »

mrdw wrote: post #40

Is only frontend open-source or backend sources are also open? For example Telegram is fully open-source at frontend, but not backend

Frontend and federation protocol are open source. The non-chronological feed option is not.

Re: Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Post by PestoDrizzle »

Watched Theo research and talk about Bluesky yesterday while he prepped for a video. Was pretty cool to learn the history and the mission of the company.

It's way more important than just a social app. Happy to join and support it.

Love that its OSS and so easy to build locally.

Re: Ask HN: Bluesky is #1 in the U.S. App Store. Is this a first for open source?

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Post by solid_fuel »

For anyone curious about the new growth of Bluesky and the decline of Twitter (x), the youtuber D'Angelo Wallace did a video exploring what the new user experience on Twitter (x) is like as of a few months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzwVqKtLBGc
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