About the Atmosphere
2 days ago
- #ATmosphereConf
- #Social Media
- #AT Protocol
- The Atmosphere is a thriving ecosystem of over a thousand interoperable social apps and services based on the AT Protocol (atproto), with Bluesky being one of the apps.
- Users can use their Atmosphere login across multiple apps like Flashes (photo app) and Skylight, where their social graph follows them, thanks to user-owned identity.
- Posts from Atmosphere-compatible publishing platforms (e.g., Leaflet, Pckt, Offprint) are interoperable, and engagement (e.g., likes) can flow back to the original platform.
- Feeds are open and composable; tools like Graze allow custom feed creation by topic or community, while Surf blends Atmosphere content with the open web.
- Community-specific social layers are emerging, with projects like Blacksky for Black users, Gander Social for Canada, and Eurosky for European data hosting, all built independently on the protocol.
- Developers are collaborating on tools like Tangled for code and Germ for encrypted messaging, expanding the ecosystem through independent, parallel efforts.