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class="relative z-10"><div class="max-w-[800px] mx-auto text-center pt-[80px] 800:pt-[170px]"><h1 class="text-shadow-hero shadow-black-shadow text-sans-42 800:text-sans-76 font-500 text-white -tracking-[1.3px] 800:-tracking-[3px] max-w-[660px] mx-auto" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(100px) translateZ(0)">Welcome to the<br/><em>social internet.</em></h1></div><div class="p-4 pt-8 1000:pt-2"><div class="bg-offwhite min-h-[340px] 800:min-h-[400px] relative p-8 max-w-[660px] 800:max-w-[750px] shadow-menu mx-auto text-center text-black rounded-[20px] mt-20 flex flex-col justify-between" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(100px) translateZ(0)"><div class="absolute w-[200px] -top-20 left-[20px] transform 800:w-[240px] 800:-top-[70px] 800:-left-[80px] 1000:w-[345px] 1000:-left-[240px] 1000:-translate-x-1/2" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(100px) translateZ(0)"><picture><source srcSet="/about/hero-social-card.webp" type="image/webp"/><source srcSet="/about/hero-social-card.png" type="image/png"/><img src="/about/hero-social-card.png" alt="Image of a post by user @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social."/></picture></div><div class="absolute w-[240px] 800:w-[220px] 1000:w-[260px] -bottom-[140px] 800:-bottom-[40px] -right-[30px] 800:-right-[120px] 1000:-right-[140px] 1000:-bottom-[60px] transform" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(100px) translateZ(0)"><picture><source srcSet="/about/hero-reply-card.webp" type="image/webp"/><source srcSet="/about/hero-reply-card.png" type="image/png"/><img src="/about/hero-reply-card.png" alt="Image of a post by user @theferocity.bsky.social."/></picture></div><div class="flex-1 h-full flex justify-center items-center"><div><p class="text-sans-16 800:text-sans-22 max-w-[420px] mx-auto font-400">Bluesky is <strong>social media as it should be.</strong> Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and <strong>have some fun again.</strong></p><a href="https://bsky.app" class="hidden 1000:inline-block text-button-14 bg-black hover:bg-white hover:text-black duration-300 text-white p-2 px-4 800:px-6 pb-[9px] rounded-[10px] font-600 mt-6">Log In or Sign Up</a><div class="1000:hidden flex gap-4 justify-center my-6"><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluesky-social/id6444370199" target="_blank"><img alt="Apple App Store Button" loading="lazy" width="150" height="50" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" src="/about/apple-download.svg"/></a><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank"><img alt="Google Play Store Button" loading="lazy" width="150" height="50" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" src="/about/google-download.svg"/></a></div><div class="1000:hidden"><p>or <a href="https://bsky.app" class="font-600 border-b">log in</a> or <a href="https://bsky.app" class="font-600 border-b">sign up</a> in your browser</p></div></div></div><div class="hidden 1000:block absolute bottom-6 left-0 w-full"><p class="text-sans-14 -tracking-[.14px]">Or find us on the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluesky-social/id6444370199" target="_blank" class="font-600 duration-300 hover:text-primary-blue border-b">App Store</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.blueskyweb.app&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank" class="font-600 duration-300 hover:text-primary-blue border-b">Google Play Store</a></p></div></div></div></div></section><div class="mt-8 mb-2 1000:my-16"><div class="p-8 max-w-[1200px] w-full mx-auto text-center"><h2 class="text-white text-sans-20 font-500 600:text-sans-32 1000:text-sans-40">Social media is too important to be controlled by a few corporations. We’re <em>building an open foundation for the social internet</em> so that we can all shape its future.</h2></div></div><section class="py-8 px-4 800:py-20 800:px-8"><div class="flex flex-wrap 800:flex-nowrap items-center max-w-[1200px] gap-5 mx-auto"><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2"><div class="w-full relative mx-auto" style="aspect-ratio:528/471"></div></div><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2 mt-2 800:mt-0"><div class="max-w-[440px] mx-auto"><h4 class="font-700 mb-2 text-sans-20 800:text-sans-28 800:mb-4 text-white">Your timeline, your choice</h4><div class="standard-text text-white"><p>Stay focused on your friend group, keep up-to-date on the latest news, or explore with an algorithm that learns what you like. <strong>On Bluesky, there's a feed for that.</strong></p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="py-8 px-4 800:py-20 800:px-8 bg-secondary-blue bg-opacity-10"><div class="flex flex-wrap 800:flex-nowrap items-center max-w-[1200px] gap-5 mx-auto flex-row-reverse"><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2"><div class="w-full relative mx-auto" style="aspect-ratio:467/406"></div></div><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2 mt-2 800:mt-0"><div class="max-w-[440px] mx-auto"><h4 class="font-700 mb-2 text-sans-20 800:text-sans-28 800:mb-4 text-white">Control your scroll</h4><div class="standard-text text-white"><p>Use powerful moderation lists, content filters, and more to <strong>control what ends up in your timeline.</strong> In the future, people and organizations will be able to use open tools to contribute even more directly to moderation.</p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="py-8 px-4 800:py-20 800:px-8"><div class="flex flex-wrap 800:flex-nowrap items-center max-w-[1200px] gap-5 mx-auto"><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2"><div class="w-full relative mx-auto" style="aspect-ratio:554/596"></div></div><div class="w-full 800:w-1/2 mt-2 800:mt-0"><div class="max-w-[440px] mx-auto"><h4 class="font-700 mb-2 text-sans-20 800:text-sans-28 800:mb-4 text-white">Some of the old, all of the new</h4><div class="standard-text text-white"><p>Social media used to be fun. Be your unique self and create with your friends, all while keeping tabs on what's happening at a global scale.</p></div></div></div></div></section><section class="w-full py-10 800:pb-[150px] 800:pt-10"><div class="border-t border-b border-black py-4 text-center 800:py-7"><span class="text-black font-600 -tracking-[0.16px]">Featured In</span><div class="my-2 800:my-8 "><div data-marqy="" data-direction="left"><div data-marqy-inner=""><div data-marqy-content="" style="animation-duration:0s"><div data-marqy-item=""><div class="flex gap-8"><img src="/about/mash-logo.svg" alt="Mashable" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-new-york-times.svg" alt="NY Times" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-wall-street-journal-1.svg" alt="The Wall Street Journal" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-washington-post.svg" alt="The Washington Post" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/techcrunch-logo-1.svg" alt="TechCrunch" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/engadget.svg" alt="Engadget" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/cnbc-1.svg" alt="CNBC" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-verge.svg" alt="The Verge" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/techdirt-logo.svg" alt="Tech Dirt" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/associate-press.svg" alt="Associated Press" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/></div></div></div><div data-marqy-content="" style="animation-duration:0s"><div aria-hidden="true" data-marqy-item=""><div class="flex gap-8"><img src="/about/mash-logo.svg" alt="Mashable" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-new-york-times.svg" alt="NY Times" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-wall-street-journal-1.svg" alt="The Wall Street Journal" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-washington-post.svg" alt="The Washington Post" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/techcrunch-logo-1.svg" alt="TechCrunch" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/engadget.svg" alt="Engadget" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/cnbc-1.svg" alt="CNBC" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/the-verge.svg" alt="The Verge" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/techdirt-logo.svg" alt="Tech Dirt" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/><img src="/about/associate-press.svg" alt="Associated Press" class="w-auto h-[40px] object-contain max-w-[200px] mx-8 inline-block"/></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><div class="p-4 800:px-8"><div class="bg-white rounded-[20px] text-black"><div class="p-4 pt-10 600:px-12 600:pt-[50px] 600:pb-14 1000:py-[100px] 1200:px-[64px]"><div class="800:max-w-[1340px] mx-auto"><div class="flex justify-between items-start"><div class="max-w-[840px] px-1"><h2 class="text-sans-42 600:text-sans-52 1000:text-sans-76 font-500 -tracking-[1.68px] 800:-tracking-[3.06]">What's <em>next</em> is<br/>being built <em>today</em></h2><p class="mt-6 mb-10 text-sans-18 800:text-sans-24 -tracking-[.18px] 800:mb-[50px]" style="line-height:1.3">We're building a foundation for <em>connection</em> that gives users a choice in their experience, creators independence from platforms, and developers the freedom to build. <strong>The future is bright.</strong></p></div><div class="hidden 600:block text-primary-blue"><svg class="w-8 h-8 800:w-12 800:h-12" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 568 501"><title>Bluesky butterfly logo</title><path fill="currentColor" d="M123.121 33.664C188.241 82.553 258.281 181.68 284 234.873c25.719-53.192 95.759-152.32 160.879-201.21C491.866-1.611 568-28.906 568 57.947c0 17.346-9.945 145.713-15.778 166.555-20.275 72.453-94.155 90.933-159.875 79.748C507.222 323.8 536.444 388.56 473.333 453.32c-119.86 122.992-172.272-30.859-185.702-70.281-2.462-7.227-3.614-10.608-3.631-7.733-.017-2.875-1.169.506-3.631 7.733-13.43 39.422-65.842 193.273-185.702 70.281-63.111-64.76-33.89-129.52 80.986-149.071-65.72 11.185-139.6-7.295-159.875-79.748C9.945 203.659 0 75.291 0 57.946 0-28.906 76.135-1.612 123.121 33.664Z"></path></svg></div></div><div class="grid 800:grid-cols-2 gap-4"><div class="flex flex-col p-4 rounded-[20px] relative 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that your social network can <strong>never be bought</strong> by a single individual or organization.</p><a class="inline-block text-button-14 bg-black hover:bg-white hover:text-black duration-300 text-white p-2 px-4 800:px-6 pb-[9px] rounded-[10px] font-600 mt-6" href="/about/faq">Learn more</a></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-col p-4 rounded-[20px] relative min-h-[250px] 800:min-h-[380px] gradient-1"><div class="w-full flex pt-4 600:pt-[40px] items-center max-w-[96%] 800:max-w-[80%] mx-auto"><svg class="w-6 h-6 800:w-8 800:h-8 inline-block" width="40" height="18" viewBox="0 0 40 18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" d="M2.85215 2.62886C6.40119 -0.876288 12.147 -0.876287 15.696 2.62886L19.8182 6.7001L23.9405 2.62886C27.4895 -0.876287 33.2353 -0.876287 36.7843 2.62886C40.3447 6.14519 40.3447 11.8548 36.7843 15.3711C33.2353 18.8763 27.4895 18.8763 23.9405 15.3711L19.8182 11.2999L15.696 15.3711C12.147 18.8763 6.40119 18.8763 2.85215 15.3711C-0.708204 11.8548 -0.708204 6.14519 2.85215 2.62886ZM17.4895 9L13.3963 4.95738C11.122 2.71118 7.42621 2.71117 5.15188 4.95738C2.88886 7.19242 2.88886 10.8076 5.15188 13.0426C7.42621 15.2888 11.122 15.2888 13.3963 13.0426L17.4895 9ZM22.1469 9L26.2402 13.0426C28.5145 15.2888 32.2103 15.2888 34.4846 13.0426C36.7476 10.8076 36.7476 7.19242 34.4846 4.95738C32.2103 2.71118 28.5145 2.71118 26.2402 4.95738L22.1469 9Z" fill="#252B37"></path></svg></div><div class="flex justify-center pb-6 600:pb-[40px] items-center max-w-[96%] 800:max-w-[80%] mx-auto"><div class="mt-4"><p class="text-sans-20 800:text-sans-18 1000:text-sans-24 -tracking-[.28px]" style="line-height:1.3"><strong>Bluesky is an open network.</strong> With one account, you can access both an <strong>easy-to-use</strong> social network and a <strong>shared identity</strong> across the entire social internet.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=" bg-white-blue rounded-b-[20px] p-4 pt-4 600:px-12 600:pt-[50px] 600:pb-14 1000:py-[100px] 1200:px-[64px]"><div class="800:max-w-[1340px] mx-auto"><div class="grid 800:grid-cols-2 gap-4"><div class="flex flex-col justify-between p-4 rounded-[20px] relative 800:min-h-[380px] bg-white"><div class="h-full flex justify-center pb-4 800:py-[50px] items-center max-w-[96%] 800:max-w-[80%] mx-auto"><div class="mt-4"><h5 class="text-sans-20 800:text-sans-28 font-600 -tracking-[0.56px] text-primary-blue">How is Bluesky different?</h5><p class="mt-4 800:mt-6 mb-2 text-sans-16 800:text-sans-18 -tracking-[.18px]">We've teamed up with Bluesky user @davis.social to create a comic explaining what makes Bluesky different. It's a great way to get a quick overview of what we're all about.</p><a class="inline-block text-button-14 bg-black hover:bg-primary-blue hover:text-white duration-300 text-white p-2 px-4 800:px-6 pb-[9px] rounded-[10px] font-600 mt-4 800:mt-6" href="/about/welcome-to-bluesky-comic">See the comic</a></div></div></div><div class="flex flex-col justify-between p-4 rounded-[20px] relative 800:min-h-[380px] bg-white"><div class="h-full flex justify-center pb-4 800:py-[50px] items-center max-w-[96%] 800:max-w-[80%] mx-auto"><div class="mt-4"><h5 class="text-sans-20 800:text-sans-28 font-600 -tracking-[0.56px] text-primary-blue">Take a deeper dive</h5><p class="mt-4 800:mt-6 mb-2 text-sans-16 800:text-sans-18 -tracking-[.18px]">We worked with <a href="https://martin.kleppmann.com/" class="text-primary-blue" target="_blank">Martin Kleppmann</a> — researcher, author of <em>Designing Data-Intensive Applications</em>, and technical advisor to Bluesky — to write a paper that goes into more detail about the technical underpinnings of Bluesky.</p><a target="_blank" class="inline-block text-button-14 bg-black hover:bg-primary-blue hover:text-white duration-300 text-white p-2 px-4 800:px-6 pb-[9px] rounded-[10px] font-600 mt-4 800:mt-6" href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03239.pdf">Read the paper</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="p-4 py-10 800:py-20 800:px-8 1000:px-20 "><div class="max-w-[1140px] mx-auto"><div class="grid 800:grid-cols-2"><div class="col-span-1"><div class="max-w-[340px]"><h3 class="text-sans-26 800:text-sans-28 font-600 -tracking-[0.56px] text-black">We're locked open,<br/>not closed</h3><p class="text-white my-4 text-sans-16">Our goal is to foster a healthy developer ecosystem that improves your experience online.</p><a target="_blank" class="block mt-4 site-link 800:hover:opacity-75 duration-300 hidden 800:block text-black" href="https://docs.bsky.app/showcase"><span class="border-b font-600">See all projects</span><svg class="inline-block w-4 h-4 ml-2" width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 19 19" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Arrow Icon</title><path d="M5.88809 9.20633L13.7935 9.20634M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 5.9124M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 12.5003M18.2258 9.20633C18.2258 13.8372 14.4717 17.5913 9.84082 17.5913C5.20991 17.5913 1.45582 13.8372 1.45582 9.20633C1.45582 4.57542 5.20991 0.821327 9.84082 0.821327C14.4717 0.821327 18.2258 4.57542 18.2258 9.20633Z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></a></div></div><div class="col-span-1 mt-6 800:mt-0"><a href="https://graysky.app/" target="_blank" class="rounded-[20px] grid grid-cols-8 group/card mb-4 text-black bg-white overflow-hidden 800:hover:scale-[1.025] 800:hover:bg-offwhite duration-300"><div class="col-span-2"><div class="h-full w-full"><img alt="Graysky's gray clouds image, used on their site." loading="lazy" width="300" height="300" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="h-full object-cover" style="color:transparent" src="/about/demo-project.jpg"/></div></div><div class="col-span-6 p-4 relative flex items-center"><svg class="absolute top-3 right-3 group-hover/card:text-primary-blue w-5 h-5 transform -rotate-45" width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 19 19" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Arrow Icon</title><path d="M5.88809 9.20633L13.7935 9.20634M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 5.9124M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 12.5003M18.2258 9.20633C18.2258 13.8372 14.4717 17.5913 9.84082 17.5913C5.20991 17.5913 1.45582 13.8372 1.45582 9.20633C1.45582 4.57542 5.20991 0.821327 9.84082 0.821327C14.4717 0.821327 18.2258 4.57542 18.2258 9.20633Z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg><div><h4 class="font-600 mb-1 text-sans-14 -tracking-[0.24px] 800:text-sans-16 800:-tracking-[0.24px]">Graysky</h4><p class="text-sans-14 800:text-sans-16 -tracking-[0.24px] 800:-tracking-[0.16px]">A feature-rich alternative client to Bluesky's own native app.</p></div></div></a><a href="https://deck.blue/" target="_blank" class="rounded-[20px] grid grid-cols-8 group/card mb-4 text-black bg-white overflow-hidden 800:hover:scale-[1.025] 800:hover:bg-offwhite duration-300"><div class="col-span-2"><div class="h-full w-full"><img alt="Deck.blue's logo: a yellow switch toggle on a blue background." loading="lazy" width="300" height="300" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="h-full object-cover" style="color:transparent" src="/about/demo-project-2.jpg"/></div></div><div class="col-span-6 p-4 relative flex items-center"><svg class="absolute top-3 right-3 group-hover/card:text-primary-blue w-5 h-5 transform -rotate-45" width="19" height="19" viewBox="0 0 19 19" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>Arrow Icon</title><path d="M5.88809 9.20633L13.7935 9.20634M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 5.9124M13.7935 9.20634L10.4996 12.5003M18.2258 9.20633C18.2258 13.8372 14.4717 17.5913 9.84082 17.5913C5.20991 17.5913 1.45582 13.8372 1.45582 9.20633C1.45582 4.57542 5.20991 0.821327 9.84082 0.821327C14.4717 0.821327 18.2258 4.57542 18.2258 9.20633Z" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.4" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg><div><h4 class="font-600 mb-1 text-sans-14 -tracking-[0.24px] 800:text-sans-16 800:-tracking-[0.24px]">Deck.blue</h4><p class="text-sans-14 800:text-sans-16 -tracking-[0.24px] 800:-tracking-[0.16px]">The spiritual successor to TweetDeck, Deck.blue is a powerful and customizable client for Bluesky.</p></div></div></a><a href="https://skyfeed.app/" target="_blank" class="rounded-[20px] grid grid-cols-8 group/card mb-4 text-black bg-white overflow-hidden 800:hover:scale-[1.025] 800:hover:bg-offwhite duration-300"><div class="col-span-2"><div class="h-full w-full"><img alt="Skyfeeds's logo: a green cloud with an S in the center on a gray background." loading="lazy" width="300" height="300" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" 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allows you to create and share your own custom feeds. 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