Social:Blacksky

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Blacksky is an open source digital public infrastructure project for building decentralized social media platforms, developed and maintained by Blacksky Algorithms. The project provides curated feeds and moderation tools to support Black social media users, many of whom previously used Black Twitter.[1]

Blacksky runs an alternative implementation of the AT Protocol using a self-built stack in the Rust programming language named "rsky",[2] and is independent from (but interoperates with) the infrastructure run by Bluesky or any other hosts on the protocol's network. Technologist Rudy Fraser started the project in 2021 and launched it in 2023.[3][4][5][6] As of 2024, it was operated by a team of six moderators.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Isaiah (2024-12-17). "Building #Blacksky" (in en-US). https://nonprofitquarterly.org/building-blacksky/. 
  2. ↑ blacksky-algorithms/rsky, Blacksky Algorithms, 2026-01-18, https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky, retrieved 2026-01-19 
  3. ↑ Hendrix, Justin (Mar 3, 2025). "Podcast: Rudy Fraser on Building Blacksky and the Future of Middleware | TechPolicy.Press". https://techpolicy.press/podcast-rudy-fraser-on-building-blacksky-and-the-future-of-middleware. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  4. ↑ "Blacksky Algorithms: Building Decentralized Social Media with Rudy Fraser". Aug 18, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvj1h7OQPkk. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  5. ↑ "Applied Social Media Lab Welcomes Rudy Fraser | Berkman Klein Center". Jan 30, 2025. https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2025-01/applied-social-media-lab-welcomes-rudy-fraser. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  6. ↑ Chisolm, Archuleta (Dec 18, 2024). "Can Blacksky Replace Black Twitter? What Huge Numbers Mean for the New Social Network Bluesky". https://blackgirlnerds.com/can-blacksky-replace-black-twitter-what-huge-numbers-mean-for-the-new-social-network-bluesky/. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  7. ↑ Parham, Jason. "Blacksky Is Nothing Like Black Twitter—and It Doesn’t Need to Be" (in en-US). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/blacksky-is-nothing-like-black-twitter/. 
  8. ↑ Fraser, Rudy; Kramer, Josh (Aug 24, 2025). "🔭🖤🚀 Social media’s next evolution: decentralized, open-source, and scalable". https://newpublic.substack.com/p/how-blacksky-grew-to-millions-of. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  9. ↑ Chow, Andrew R.. "Why Bluesky Is Letting Users Write Their Own Social Media Rules". https://time.com/collections/gold-house/7277149/bluesky-jay-graber-rose-wang/. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  10. ↑ "Black Twitter helped define the internet — so where will the exodus from X lead?". Nov 17, 2024. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-twitter-x-elon-musk-exodus-bluesky-rcna180147. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  11. ↑ Perez, Sarah (Aug 28, 2025). "Mississippi's age assurance law puts decentralized social networks to the test". https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/28/mississippis-age-assurance-law-puts-decentralized-social-networks-to-the-test/. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 
  12. ↑ "Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky". https://www.science.org/content/article/old-twitter-scientific-community-finds-new-home-bluesky. Retrieved Oct 5, 2025. 



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