There’s never been a better time to learn a little about nearly everything in web technology. 2026 will be a year for generalists and new tools that span platforms. And yet I see folks on the fediverse who have strong opinions about Bluesky without really understanding why it exists or how it works.

@manton I’m curious. Can you say more?

@manton I’m curious too!

@manton oh boy. now you’ve done it. opened the floodgates.

@manton strong opinions are pretty cheap. The nuanced opinions are the valuable ones.

@MitchWagner @crossingthethreshold @jp.flintoff.org Curious about the first part or the second part? 🙂 I should probably write a longer blog post.

@manton Both - yes please!

@manton The piece about Bluesky, about why it exists and how it works?

@manton @crossingthethreshold @jp.flintoff.org It all looks interesting but I’m particularly interested in your insights about BlueSky.