More good news for those looking to exit Meta's social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a

Follow Meta's fact-checking changes, Bluesky is creating Flashes, a photo sharing app that could potentially replace Instagram for many.

Bluesky is the hot new internet hangout for the people who got a little tired of all the horrible stuff that’s been happening on Twitter/X over the past couple of years. And now it could end up forming the basis of a new Instagram competitor, for anybody that isn’t happy about Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s sudden pivot to more right-wing politics.

Love Bluesky, but wish you had an Instagram alternative too? See how the Flashes app may be exactly what you need.

Bluesky has launched Flashes, a new free photo and video-sharing app that aims to challenge the major social media platforms and offer users a decentralised alternative.

An independent developer is working on a new Instagram-like app based on Bluesky called Flashes that will release in the coming weeks.

Getting more functions Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralised social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his earlier app, Skeets.

The popularity of Bluesky, the open-source social media platform with over 27 million users, continues to soar as it taps into the growing demand for decentralised platforms. Bluesky is now supporting Flashes, a new photo-sharing app developed independently but powered by the AT Protocol—an open and decentralised network technology.

Bluesky is becoming an X replacement. Now Instagram is also under attack. Flashes app becomes a platform for photos.

Thankfully, despite the fickle nature of most app users, Bluesky seems to have managed to break through and become a really promising alternative. And thanks to the fundamental nature of its open protocol,