There is a lot of change in the air of the social media world as TikTok prepares to go dark, Mark Zuckerberg loosens content restrictions on Meta apps, and Elon Musk continues to toy with the X algorithm to suit his personal preferences.
Thankfully, despite the fickle nature of most app users, Bluesky seems to have managed to break through and become a really promising alternative. And thanks to the fundamental nature of its open protocol, anyone can build their own apps that piggyback off the Bluesky social graph.
Case in point, a developer named Sebastian Vogelsang is building an app that will essentially be a new version of Instagram on top of Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Because it uses the Bluesky social graph, posts added to Flashes will also appear on the main Bluesky client, and vice-versa—photos posted to Bluesky will show up on Flashes. The app is just filtering out text-based posts and showing only ones with photos or videos. Through the app, users can share photo slideshows with up to four pictures, or videos one minute in length.
arstechnica.com
