Tom MacWright has "been around long enough to have tried previous attempts to decentralize the web... lived through ... open source optimism and seen how it can get weird... this relatively new and energetic community gave me renewed hope... also made me wonder where this is all going."Atmosphereconf attendeees were "far more diverse across multip…

"My personal path through AtmosphereConf 2026 was all about making the web social; streams, gardens and communities; and science, AI & news. Welcome to the linkfest"

According to Bluesky Social's new CEO, "what struck me most about this one was the wide range of projects" - not just social apps, but also "wildfire coordination tools for the US fire service, decentralized AI and biomedical knowledge networks, and creating shared infrastructure to connect astronomy observatories".He was also a youandme.at enjoy…

Tynan Purdy's Atmosphereconf recap is also a quite moving account of someone finding his people: "In less than a year, I went from some rando ... to a community organizer, founding contributor at @ecosystemaction.com, and speaker at the ATmosphere Conference. I have relationships with not just the biggest names in the atproto space, but in interne…