Iván Asenjo

If you’d like to define what decentralize means without “a clone of Bluesky that looks like Mastodon servers” we can have that discussion.

Blacksky, NorthSky, EuroSky, Gander, Red Dwarf aren’t Bluesky clones.

Tangled, Smoke Signal, Leaflet, Semble, aren’t microblogging.

Nearing 1,000 users on @eurosky.social!!

Anyone can join. You get the exact same features as Bluesky, login the same way, etc. And see all the same posts. So why move to Eurosky? It’s run by a European non-profit, on European servers and bound by European laws (eg GDPR).

Politics is the defining aspect of networked technology. AT corresponds best to the kind of institutional structure that is key to large scale democracy. AP is a better match for smaller, village-style governance, which is very valid but not the problem I care about.

Wow, a lot of new people are joining Eurosky!

I love to see this, even if I'm not very active here yet ❤️

Aquí entran en juego clientes alternativos como tokimeki.blue, que pueden elegir ignorar ese requerimiento.

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Bluesky runs an appview.
Blacksky runs an appview.

A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.

To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.

One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.

Decentralization is not about servers. It’s about power.

🇪🇺🌐 The future of social media may be decided in Europe A survey of European AT Protocol projects, including 4 mini case-studies

Many Europeans want to be free of American and Chinese Big Tech apps.

Open, decentralized protocols like ActivityPub (powering Mastodon) and AT Protocol (powering Bluesky) may be the key to a new sovereign social media infrastructure.

AT Protocol, the infrastructure powering Bluesky, “represents one of the most concrete opportunities for Europe to create their own social networking infrastructure,” says Dutch data analyst Laurens Hof (@laurenshof.online).

Here are four case-studies on European projects that give us hope:

ATProto is now in IETF standardization process. BOF stage passed at IETF 124 Dublin. Working group formation is next.
datatracker.ietf.org/wg/atp/about/

Hi from eurosky.social! 🖖🏻

The migration from Bsky's PDS went smooth.

W — Trust your feed We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.

The waiting list of wsocial, wsocial.eu is now operative - so we have gone from having no European Social media platform to two, both powered by ATProto, which means you can can just hop around with your original DID without starting from scratch and settle on the one you like most.

We're getting ready to launch - making sure we've got testing, observability and backups all in good order. It's taking a smidgen longer than we hoped but first invites will arrive on the first week of February and roll out throughout the month.

Thank you for your patience 🙏

Oh, so #W is part of the #ATmosphere after all.

Wonder if their verification process will involve the EU Digital Wallet. I'm not a fan of ID verification at all, but this would be a more elegant, secure and private way than a selfie like other silos and banks demand.

The ATmosphere needs something like Google+'s circles. I understand why some people want different feeds on different platforms, but some of us prefer having an unified list of following/followers across services.

Otherwise, this looks great!

Modal Foundation Supporting decentralized social tech and open standards to create trustworthy, public-interest social media alternatives and ensure access to vital information.

We’re excited to share that Eurosky now has a supporting legal entity, @modalfoundation.bsky.social - a new nonprofit dedicated to making open social tech viable at scale. Big Tech’s dominance can feel inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

modalfoundation.org

We’re partnering with @europemedialab.bsky.social
For Stars4Media Day XII – Democracy infrastructures: European platforms & Eastern correspondents.

Main point of the agenda are Trusted European Platforms, a new framework for sovereign, reliable and open digital spaces.

If you live in Spain and know the language a bit, I highly recommend the @t3chfest.es conf in Madrid.

It’s not about JS frameworks, but the impact of technology on society, the topics are really interesting.

I went last year and absolutely loved it.

t3chfest.es/2026/programa

Y cuando digo de impulsar, hablo también de tener infra propia: un PDS (en el caso de ATproto) e instancia propia (en el caso del fediverso).

Si se puede coordinar a nivel europeo, mejor.

Me entristece bastante ver que casi todos los organismos públicos solo tengan presencia en redes privativas.

Por cierto, por si alguien que trabaje para el Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública de España me lee:

Ojalá estéis valorando el impulsar la presencia en redes que usen protocolos libres y abiertos, como el ATProtocol (Bluesky...) o ActivityPub (Mastodon...).

Echo de menos a mis compas del #ArchivoHistóricoNacional.

Aunque no soy una persona muy apasionada de la historia, sí lo soy de archivar y digitalizar información para que esté más accesible al público general, y me entristece que poca gente conozca lo que tenemos aquí.

#ArchivosEstatales

PDS europeo para @atproto.com gestionado por una organización sin ánimo de lucro (con gente muy maja dentro). En enero. ¡Por fin!

I'm so excited about this!

Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky

Our friends at @eurosky.social have been working on something cool: they're launching eurosky.social accounts that will be hosted on European cloud and governed by European law.

Register your account now: www.eurosky.social/register

Eurosky dawns: Building Infrastructure for Sovereign Social Media – Open Future The Eurosky initiative is building European social media infrastructure on the ATProtocol, representing a new step in Europe's digital sovereignty agenda as policymakers seek alternatives to Big Tech ...

🇪🇺 Eurosky is building EU-hosted social media infrastructure on ATProtocol. Priorities: Commons for Content Moderation (CoCoMo), decentralized architecture, and reducing Big Tech dependency.
Public funding + civil society collaboration = digital sovereignty. openfuture.eu/blog/eurosky...

In my bio I express my desire for data sovereignity, but this shouldn't be achieved at cost of our privacy.

I say "NO" to #ChatControl.

I've seen some people asking for Pinksky/Flashes posts to be independent from the Bsky posts.

If you want that, you should look at the fediverse instead. The magic of ATproto is having just an account for everything~

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I was asked today at #EuroskyLive what @transrights.northsky.social needs.

My immediate answer was developers as we’re 100% volunteer driven and getting deep into ATproto. It’s not just coding but also working together to design the service for the platform.

Hello ATmosphere!

I'm Iván, a citizen from the EU!
As my bio says, I'm a former photographer, now forming myself to become a sysadmin.

I'll mainly use this account for professional use, but is nice to be here. We need the open Internet back.

See you here!