Bluesky announces 'communities' feature built on AT Protocol, launching this year
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Jay Peters
Summary
Bluesky is introducing "communities" feature later this year, which will function as smaller, topic-specific spaces within the platform. Head of product Alex Benzer announced the feature will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol (part of the "Atmosphere" ecosystem). Users will be able to create, join, and post in communities, as well as receive updates from them.
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it's a new structure for everyone
On Bluesky, you'll be able to create communities, join them, post in them, and get updates
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