Jack Dorsey unveils a decentralized social network with a choice of algorithms and portable accounts
The long-awaited app "Bluesky Social" is now accepting users for the private beta and announces that it will "launch soon"< /p>
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Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has lifted the curtain on the latest version of his social protocol and a new Bluesky Social app — as part of his decentralized response to Twitter.
The October 18 announcement comes nearly three years after Dorsey announced the initiative in December 2019, with the aim of giving social media users control over their data and being able to move it from place to place. platform to another without permission.< /p>
The new protocol has been renamed from "ADX" to "Authenticated Transfer Protocol" - or AT Protocol - and is described as a "protocol for large-scale distributed social applications" that will enable account portability, algorithmic choice , interoperability and performance.
fundamental, @at_protocol https://t.co/vMp6VKaxWY
— jack (@jack) October 18, 2022Depending on the protocol, the user's identity will be managed by domain names in the AT protocol, such as @alice.com. These would then be mapped to cryptographic URLs that will secure the users account and its data.
This data can also be transferred from one provider to another "without losing any of your data or your social graph".
Other features of the protocol include interoperability and improved performance, as well as "algorithmic choice" - giving users access to "an open marketplace of algorithms", similar to how users interact with Web search engines are free to choose their indexers.
Bluesky explained that this means users will have more control over what they see and who they reach on social media platforms using the protocol, rather than this aspect being controlled and manipulated by a single company seeking to engage.
Bluesky previously
The long-awaited app "Bluesky Social" is now accepting users for the private beta and announces that it will "launch soon"< /p>
New
Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has lifted the curtain on the latest version of his social protocol and a new Bluesky Social app — as part of his decentralized response to Twitter.
The October 18 announcement comes nearly three years after Dorsey announced the initiative in December 2019, with the aim of giving social media users control over their data and being able to move it from place to place. platform to another without permission.< /p>
The new protocol has been renamed from "ADX" to "Authenticated Transfer Protocol" - or AT Protocol - and is described as a "protocol for large-scale distributed social applications" that will enable account portability, algorithmic choice , interoperability and performance.
fundamental, @at_protocol https://t.co/vMp6VKaxWY
— jack (@jack) October 18, 2022Depending on the protocol, the user's identity will be managed by domain names in the AT protocol, such as @alice.com. These would then be mapped to cryptographic URLs that will secure the users account and its data.
This data can also be transferred from one provider to another "without losing any of your data or your social graph".
Other features of the protocol include interoperability and improved performance, as well as "algorithmic choice" - giving users access to "an open marketplace of algorithms", similar to how users interact with Web search engines are free to choose their indexers.
Bluesky explained that this means users will have more control over what they see and who they reach on social media platforms using the protocol, rather than this aspect being controlled and manipulated by a single company seeking to engage.
Bluesky previously
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