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SUMMARY:Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media - M
 artin Kleppmann (University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Tina Marjanov
DESCRIPTION:Bluesky is a new social network built upon the AT Protocol\, a
  decentralized foundation for public social media. It was launched in priv
 ate beta in February 2023\, and has grown to over 16 million registered us
 ers by November 2024. In this talk I introduce the architecture of Bluesky
  and the AT Protocol\, and explain how the technical design of Bluesky is 
 informed by our goals: to enable decentralization by having multiple inter
 operable providers for every part of the system\; to make it easy for user
 s to switch providers\; to give users agency over the content they see\; a
 nd to provide a simple user experience that does not burden users with com
 plexity arising from the system's decentralized nature. The system's openn
 ess allows anybody to contribute to content moderation and community manag
 ement\, and we invite the research community to use Bluesky as a dataset a
 nd testing ground for new approaches in social media moderation.
LOCATION:Webinar &amp\; FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Buildin
 g.
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