Bluesky and how the platform evolves is getting more and more intertwined with the developments on the internet and politics more broadly. This week this is visible in the short-lived TikTok ban in the US, which suddenly shifted the attention to building video products on ATProto.
Note: this week’s newsletter focuses on Bluesky and the cultural and social news regarding the platform. Next week’s edition of Last Week in Bluesky and the ATmosphere will focus on the technical side again, with more attention to all the other things people are building on ATProto.
The News
The TikTok ban and unban