Decentralized social network Bluesky is working on a marketplace for algorithms

Bluesky, the decentralized alternative to Twitter, is working on a marketplace for algorithms. This allows developers to experiment with different types of algorithms on the platform, while giving users more insight and control.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber writes in a blog post that Bluesky strives for a future where users have more control over what they see on social media. “The classic ‘master algorithm’ must be overhauled,” says the CEO. “We want to develop an open marketplace for algorithms instead.”

The company has now started developing the necessary APIs and the interface for this marketplace. Bluesky said the marketplace will give developers more freedom to experiment with algorithms and users will gain greater insight into how these codebases work, as well as more control over their social media experiences.

became Bluesky founded in 2019 as a division within Twitter and is a project of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The department had to develop an open and decentralized standard for social media. In October of last year, Bluesky released more details about its decentralized social networking protocol. In 2020, the division broke away from Twitter and began operating independently. At the beginning of March, a closed beta of Bluesky was released for iOS users. It showed that the mobile interface of the decentralized social network resembles Twitter. It’s unclear when a Bluesky app for Android will arrive, or when the platform will be available to everyone.

Beta version Bluesky app for iOS