Bluesky embraces long-form content to counter X Articles
Bluesky has introduced a new version of its app that allows users to access long-form content through integration with Standard.site. This update enables users to read articles, blog posts, and newsletters across various apps powered by the AT Protocol. The move aims to provide an alternative to X's long-form content feature, which is limited to paid subscribers.
- ▪Bluesky's new app version integrates with Standard.site for long-form content.
- ▪Users can now read articles and blog posts from various AT Protocol-powered apps.
- ▪This expansion follows a previous integration with a private messaging service called Germ.
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Elon Musk’s X lets you write long-form content on the platform through its Articles feature, but only if you’re a paid subscriber or business. The decentralized social networking startup Bluesky has a different idea. On Thursday, Bluesky rolled out a new version of its app that integrates with Standard.site, a community project for building long-form content on the same underlying protocol that powers Bluesky. This means Bluesky users can now explore content beyond microblogs, or the short posts that Bluesky is known for.
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