Flashes this year launched an Instagram alternative built on top of the Bluesky social network. Now available on the App ...

If you're getting tired of Instagram, a Bluesky-based alternative known as Flashes is now available on the App Store.

Flashes from Bluesky is a new photo sharing app that can beat Instagram at its game. Here is more about this app.

Bluesky's new iOS app Flashes brings a photo-sharing experience similar to Instagram but without ads or algorithms. Built by ...

At launch, Threads DMs will support one-on-one chats, preset emoji reactions, the ability to report spam, and mute DMs (as on ...

Of course, Bluesky has you covered there, at least as a replacement for X. But if you enjoy sharing photos and videos with the wider internet, you're likely still tied to Instagram—like it or not.

Vogelsang says that Flashes is not intended to be a complete rip of Instagram and will not receive many features Instagram has. That makes sense, as the app is just a reskin of the Bluesky app.

Meanwhile, Bluesky’s open source, decentralized framework gives you a lot more control over how your feed works than X or even Threads, the X alternative Meta has been pushing onto Instagram users.

Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, ... Instagram, and Threads are accustomed to their own barometers of funny.

Bluesky has a dedicated tool called Sky Follower Bridge that makes it easy to migrate your connections from X (and Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Facebook) to Bluesky. With Threads, you can only ...