Good news for folks who want to get away from Meta's products, but are worried about losing some of their functionality. BlueSky will be launching an Instagram competitor called "Flashes". Now if they'd just create a Facebook competitor. techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/b... - ThreadSky

sonsofliberty.bsky.social • 38 days ago

Good news for folks who want to get away from Meta's products, but are worried about losing some of their functionality. BlueSky will be launching an Instagram competitor called "Flashes".

Now if they'd just create a Facebook competitor.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/bluesky-is-getting-its-own-photo-sharing-app-flashes/

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admhortensia.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m a bit concerned that we are championing another social giant like Meta. Unless these apps are kept separate and not under the same umbrella, I fear it will end the same way. Time will tell. But NGL I would love an alternative to Insta and Fb.

cypressvh.bsky.social•38 days ago

Why the need for separate apps?

donmassey24.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yes…a Facebook competitor!

nickblack.band•38 days ago

Not sure we even need an alternative for classic Facebook anymore. Bluesky has a reverse chronological feed, what more do you need from Facebook? The Marketplace?

davier2d2strain.bsky.social•38 days ago

yay. photos . So I can "Con" All the ONLYFANS bots ! in Direct Messengers! Heey Guuurl This is ME!

skutfarkas.bsky.social•38 days ago

Can't we just use Imgur?

miaperdomo.bsky.social•38 days ago

Who needs Facebook?

hollandaisesauce.bsky.social•38 days ago

All I need is the marketplace bit… we just want to buy affordable local stuff and a place people can advertise

free2b56.bsky.social•38 days ago

So many foreign words in that post. What do these words mean..."meta" "facebook" I assume Instant Grahams are Oatmeal like Golden Grahams but the others....so weird....

heyyouguys.bsky.social•38 days ago

@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com it worked

youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com•38 days ago

yessssss

heyyouguys.bsky.social•38 days ago

Always ask nicely

pinkydibs.bsky.social•38 days ago

Hope it works well tech wise. Lost all my insta account. Tried contacting them without success

samm1955.bsky.social•38 days ago

Please Bluesky don't sell us out down the road.

marcusmarionhesse.com•38 days ago

Sounds hot

patf63.bsky.social•38 days ago

Oh I can’t wait for this to happen

gaybaseballfanjer.bsky.social•38 days ago

sjst.bsky.social•38 days ago

who needs facebook anymore?

chocolatepudding28.bsky.social•38 days ago

That’s awesome news !

omadoma.bsky.social•37 days ago

Problem is. Im over meta like a year ago. Everyone in my family and friends love facebook.whatsapp. these are now propaganda machines in my country with perks that are available ONLY if you use these services.
So they got my people hooked like fish on them apps

soniaroselli.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’m no prude, but bluesky needs to take the dick picks and porn here. I can’t escape it, even with settings

hopechange.bsky.social•38 days ago

Wonderful. Now let's create a new Video sharing platform to compete with youTube.

callmejaime.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m looking for an alternative to Fb. What is the downside of MeWe?

I’m DONE with the billionaires!!

theydy-nolyn.bsky.social•38 days ago

I forgot I had an account. Logging back in and . . . it's small. So if you want to use it for small groups and friends it should work fine. There's a premium version and they lock some features behind it but nothing critical.

bachonkiscub.bsky.social•38 days ago

Facebook is mostly filled with boomers at this point anyway but we need a better alternative for FB Marketplace and Groups

meanderlust.bsky.social•38 days ago

I feel like Discord is capable of fulfilling the groups functionality for most of my personal use cases, but Marketplace is a big one for me. That’s my biggest loss cutting off Meta.

twilt555.bsky.social•38 days ago

Same for me, but thanks to Zucks cowardice and greed I’m done with it

kabeeneart.bsky.social•38 days ago

I've used Offer Up in the past to sell and buy stuff. Hopefully it gets a 2nd wind if more people delete fb.

bachonkiscub.bsky.social•38 days ago

LetGo was the other app I used that merged with OfferUp at some point. They both had an insane number of spammers and scammers.

I do think Reddit can build a decent alternative to FB marketplace

wallish.bsky.social•38 days ago

I'd like a WhatsApp alternative

just1mii.bsky.social•38 days ago

try signal

soniaroselli.bsky.social•37 days ago

@wallis, would signal work for you?

nicksmith120.bsky.social•38 days ago

That'd be the ticket. It's the only meta app I can't drop as I use it every night to talk to my daughter

soniaroselli.bsky.social•37 days ago

Try signal.

nicksmith120.bsky.social•36 days ago

Thank you, I will take a look

mira-sorrel.bsky.social•38 days ago

What can you do to replace TicTok?

derekmlacey.bsky.social•38 days ago

Perhaps consider @fotoapp.co which, while in beta, will be going live they say in half a year or so. Support the less corporate?

longingformypast.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Facebook alternative exists. It’s called Mastodon. Same principle as Bluesky. Federated/decentralized. Open source.

https://joinmastodon.org

alexdavidpakman.bsky.social•38 days ago

Trump is not a sect 🤣💀 : https://youtu.be/qpHakbnXF94?si=qT9NG63gYf3kI6vZ #trump #politics #usa #trending #america #popular #fyp #discover #explore

blunote69.bsky.social•38 days ago

The world desperately needs a FB alternative. I remain there only because of the connections I've made. Otherwise, I'd leave.

connyht.bsky.social•38 days ago

I am leaving

twilt555.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m going to give my email address for anybody interested and close it , it’s a bridge too far for me unfortunately

catjingle-withab.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yes. Streamlined, less complicated but similar social space. Rbispmaceistoo narrow for most folks

hellokitty55.bsky.social•38 days ago

Bluesky needs TikTok-like rather than instagram replacement

gbeg11zh1g.bsky.social•38 days ago

Forget Facebook, I just want the Marketplace.

rubyrambeau.bsky.social•38 days ago

😆

dirtequity.bsky.social•38 days ago

Good work educating others on diminishing their gains & offering meaningful gains. We should all be sharing tools that unchain us from their vehicles of power.

mrz7777.bsky.social•38 days ago

MeWe is not that bad of a fb replacement ..it's a combo of fb and Twitter before it sucked . I like it .

cypressvh.bsky.social•38 days ago

I might need to get back on MeWe.

mrz7777.bsky.social•38 days ago

They've been improving a lot of it .and they are adding a few things here and there .. at least they are staying true to the original idea .

aeburg.bsky.social•38 days ago

Well this is good news. Just yesterday I posted that I’d deleted all mega accounts. Maybe I have more power than I thought. 😉

elkhanjyanez.bsky.social•38 days ago

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/15/bluesky-is-getting-its-own-photo-sharing-app-flashes/👍

djwaglmuffin.bsky.social•38 days ago

It's FB I'm having trouble getting away from. Too many aging relatives who don't have the time/patience to learn something new.

:/

strwberryventii.bsky.social•38 days ago

I'm in a similar boat :((

therealsantiago.bsky.social•38 days ago

Great news. I can't wait

delightfulmike.bsky.social•37 days ago

I just signed up with Pixelfed. It’s open source and has the feel of IG back in the OG days.

dennis4yogamassage.bsky.social•38 days ago

…but we can share photos here too… so what’s the main difference?

darthwingnut.bsky.social•38 days ago

We can say that we're flashing someone...

anuradhasarup.bsky.social•38 days ago

Really need this. Can't bring myself to post on FB or Insta after Meta's subjugation to Trump.

eddymovie.bsky.social•38 days ago

Outside the news feed, what functions are we missing from the main Facebook app? Groups and events?

hairydogproductions.com•38 days ago

I use groups but would not migrate. There is no platform that isn’t eventually sold. So I’m migrating the groups to a website of their own.

lawrencemc.bsky.social•38 days ago

Be good if I could move my Instagram photos over easily.

grandkidsmema.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m excited I left X her already left Facebook. Waiting to leave Instagram and just have blusky

rrmayo.bsky.social•38 days ago

🫂🫂🫂🫂🫶

stephenlee49.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agree!

debdale.bsky.social•38 days ago

I would love to see alternative to FB

purelybliss.bsky.social•38 days ago

Hubby and I deactivated our accounts a couple of months ago, but we didn't delete. Then, we realized we didn't miss them. A couple of days ago, I downloaded all my pics and posts, and then I deleted Facebook. Not even slightly sad.

stevepatto8.bsky.social•38 days ago

Good just deleted Instagram and facebook

stevepatto8.bsky.social•38 days ago

Delighted just after much confusion managed to delete my Instagram and Facebook accounts. Initially I deleted the apps but did not realise it left the account open I wanted take my point about the big tech billionaires

skuzy1572.bsky.social•38 days ago

Someone needs to get on this. (Please) not me I def am not the person but thanks to whoever it will be.

vctr.ninja•38 days ago

IMO the only thing of value from FB is the marketplace.

cypressvh.bsky.social•38 days ago

I like that you can post longer videos on FB, and that you can limit the audience for a post.

And FB groups.

gingerkap23.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agreed

tmloprincess.bsky.social•38 days ago

Can we resuscitate Craigslist?

michirumisa.bsky.social•38 days ago

This is definitely why I have fb. I use it for marketplace and groups.

whadevs.bsky.social•38 days ago

We’re here and coming even if you don’t do anything but please don’t mistreat us like all the other platforms!

cynicalphoenix.bsky.social•38 days ago

YES! I really wish they would create a Facebook alternative; it’s the only META thing I still have because it’s my link to long-distance loved ones. I would love to be able to get rid of it.

pidol1.bsky.social•38 days ago

Bro you don't realize TT people are flocking to Red Note

belleweather.bsky.social•38 days ago

小红书上几乎没有白色垃圾或罐装大蒜 🚮🧄

trinityphoenix.bsky.social•38 days ago

#LFG

eve2025.bsky.social•38 days ago

TY for sharing

ellobucket.bsky.social•38 days ago

We shall see. Insta was great to begin with; it all went pear shaped when they added stories, reels and all the other crap. I loved that it was just a photo sharing app. If people want videos and reels they can hop off to Tik Tok.

Not sure about the name though!

susieqoualum.bsky.social•38 days ago

That will be great!!

nanforme.bsky.social•38 days ago

Looking forward to flashes! Anything but instagram.

kturnerrn.bsky.social•38 days ago

This is so exciting

mar-flo-ele.bsky.social•38 days ago

🙏🙏🙏

sfintdev.bsky.social•38 days ago

I'm old enough to remember a decentralized internet, where people routinely visited dozens of sites.
We should bring that back.

purelybliss.bsky.social•38 days ago

I just deleted all of my Meta products. So freeing!

strwberryventii.bsky.social•38 days ago

I'm excited to see the progress!

joscanlon.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agree - hope it’s sooner than later that I can break up with Meta!

savvykaren.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yes! Looking for alternatives. Jumped to RedNote. I've been working on a platform for women biz owners (https://getbizsavvy.com) that's similar to FB - groups, friends, messaging, events, along with a library of resources. It's likely not what you're looking for. Pretty sure someone's working on it though🤞

dresscode.bsky.social•38 days ago

I think what they’re saying is that you can just post images to Bluesky, and the Flashes query grabs only visuals.

bribunny04.bsky.social•38 days ago

Bring back Myspace. Ez.

skuzy1572.bsky.social•38 days ago

I get so pumped everytime I see someone bring up MySpace. I hope this happens! 🤣

charrup.bsky.social•38 days ago

Instagram was great originally it still is good if you don’t go down the nightmare of reels but painfully compromised with utter rubbish and influenzers desperate for attention.

bullcitygastronome.bsky.social•38 days ago

thanks for turning me on to @bsky.app! can’t wait for this new photo sharing app.

jumpnjax.bsky.social•38 days ago

Ya. A facebook knock off. What would you call it ?

sapper1975.bsky.social•38 days ago

That would be perfect for a facebook competitor!

crowmessenger.bsky.social•38 days ago

If Bluesky can do something akin to FB groups, I can gtfo of there.

mrnorth89.bsky.social•38 days ago

Nice

sujoh.bsky.social•38 days ago

That's fab - but the name may not play well here in the UK. Trust they'll check that out before they launch tho!

nicksmith120.bsky.social•38 days ago

I reckon we'll be alright with it.

sujoh.bsky.social•38 days ago

They’ll test it for sure… just hope they include uk. Flashes are something very different here, maybe it’s a generational thing but I’ve got a straw poll here that says I’m not the only one who responded with raised eyebrows.

indijenous.bsky.social•38 days ago

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

adleight.bsky.social•38 days ago

Give @muellershewrote.bsky.social a follow- they’re creating a new social media specifically as the rational, fact-checking alternative to zucks nightmare-nazi hellscape. Should be launching in the next week or so.

kv133.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’d like to know Bluesky’s stance on DEIB and LGBTQ+ safety and rights.

amazingcas.bsky.social•38 days ago

Isn’t there pixelfed?

forresttindall.com•37 days ago

It’s not on the AT protocol
On flashes all your followers and identity will be the same as bluesky as they share the same network protocol.

Pixelfed is on the fediverse

christopher.parker.jetzt•38 days ago

Bluesky is not launching this. This is an independent developer releasing another front-end that uses the existing Bluesky servers just like any other Bluesky client.

hernandez888.bsky.social•38 days ago

Revolution is the solution.

unclepappydon.bsky.social•38 days ago

But wasn't that the jist of 1/6?

hernandez888.bsky.social•38 days ago

Any true-blue red-blooded American knows how to overthrow the government. The fact that those clowns didn't know how is proof they're mis-educated, misled, and/or straight up traitors.

75cavalier.bsky.social•38 days ago

I closed my FB in 2015 and haven't missed it. At all.

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