Bluesky will be getting "communities," which will function as smaller spaces where you can "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" sometime this year, according to head of product Alex Benzer. They will be built on the decentralized AT Protocol that underpins Bluesky, with Benzer saying that "it's a new structure for everyone" that's part of the "Atmosphere" (a shorthand for the AT Protocol ecosystem).
Benzer listed out a "few ideas we have in mind so far" in a thread. "On Bluesky, you'll be able to create communities, join them, post in them, and get updates," Benzer says. "The core features on Bluesky stay simpl …
