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I do something similar to this with custom handles under a shared domain, then a custom feed from members with the handle Id love to see that unified in some way. An easy way to have a space with a base domain then anyone added gets to pick a sub handle. Would simply my life greatly

My biggest worry is that this is gonna end up devolving into the unmoderated mess that Amino became. I’d love to see the full scope of mod tools available to people and the oversight that would be in place overall! (I think ‘Spaces’ as a name is fine, but I also think it lacks ✨pizazz✨)

Option 2 appeals most to me

Pages and Groups destroyed Facebook… be careful not to fall into the same trap

heck yeah

ah you're right, that might have been cleaner. maybe for the next one! glad you're excited :)

I have many interests. Let me choose who I follow, show me what they post and don't make me look at ads or Nazis. That's it. That's your job.

Option 1, please

Despite them being a pretty new feature I actually spend time in the communities on tumblr! Some ppl might not care for this idea but I sure dont mind it!

I like it but can we change the name to not get it confused with atproto spaces? I feel like "Communities" work just fine and it's direct to the point.

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i see spaces everywhere i go

Please just give us the ability lock our accounts and remove followers. Since bsky doesn't seam interested in dealing with their bot and spam problem, at least let me remove them myself.

understand if this doesn't make it to a v1 but I'd definitely like to see a way for communities to pin feeds and labelers (potentially other entities on the atmosphere?)

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IMO, it's also fine to rename AT Proto Spaces to solve this. It'll just *really* suck for other apps if they're using the same name.

#3 intrigues me the most for it’s potential for exclusivity

OTOH the closer we can get to Reddit-style forums with user posts and comments underneath, the better, esp. now that Reddit has ruined their own concept with algorithms, a horrendous mobile-friendly website, and a war crime of a mobile app. So maybe this does solve for something important too.

I don't know anyone who uses that. I don't even touch the Discover tab, I find and interact with people through Following only.

I follow (using lists) a lot of different areas of interest (eg economists, urban planners, folks from my home country, etc.). I wouldn't want to request to join most of them as spaces. The result is that a lot of what brings me to bsky would be locked away.

in this concept, the idea is that you would decide who can join without your manual approval. you could set that to your followers, but they would need to actively choose to join the space.

I guess it would update immediately, like how the "people following can reply" toggle on threadgates works.

Let the people running a space set the rules and boot troublemakers. If they have to beg you every time somebody wrecks the conversation, you've handed them a fucking headache and called it a community.

We could have the option to remove followers and use GIFs as profile pictures. I really miss that second feature, and it could be something that sets the platform apart from others.

I just want an edit button please

So... you're recreating Google+ circles then.

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Keep it stupidly simple (a 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 better and polite way to say 'keep in simple, stupid'.)

I'll join if Tom is going to be there.

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Option 2 for me, definitely.

it depends... some kinda collective music production and asynchronous music collaboration using an ATproto native DAW thing or a VCV rack and it would be useful for people to control access to their music maybe a poem sharing app widget thats been waiting for private spaces but maybe not beta test

We could call it "Coherence Bias Tunnels"

Creating an edit button that communities can cheer about together would be great.

2. People can choose which ones to join, presumably those with a common shared interest(s) - topic(s)? Sounds great!

As someone who grew up on Livejournal, I would love to see the revival of communities.

Perhaps the trending topics could become temporary spaces? Maybe things have changed the last few months but trending topics are useful briefly and then fizzle out immediately. As a space they could have ranked replies?

I think this is a slight miss. Naming the product feature Spaces when there’s a protocol feature called spaces is going to confuse the heck out of people when other Atmosphere apps talk about using protocol spaces later. Maybe consider a different name to avoid ecosystem confusion later?

How does it work now?

2.

Name ideas: Constellations

The idea is fine, but it won't work without serious moderation capabilities - both server-side and in the group itself. Your current track record with that is... not good, if I'm being honest.

Communities. Easier to reach more people and spread your messages to a welcoming group

Just don’t call them hashtags. Ickk. 🐸

Yes, all sounds a bit exclusive. The free form of BSky is what makes it imo.

How is this different from hash tags and feeds?

le subreddits?

Not sure if I am in favor of that idea or not. I don't like FB groups when mob rule takes over. And I like the idea of no walls so people can easily meet others of interests that differ from their own. Sone folks tend to be ruthless people and just stick to the known and do not explore.

2 and 3. Although naturally 3 would be corollary to 2 as you could make a private group from your followers. 1 is the least interesting as a topic does not give much of a part of a group feeling.

Bluesky Backrooms has a good ring to it

super agree

At it's conception it was doomed to be one.

agree with people saying spaces might be a confusing name, especially when theres the atproto spaces feature coming out soon maybe call them spheres or something? and i think it would be cool to integrate some longer form stuff via standard.site

keep the name spaces. atproto spaces is like saying 'a website' and bsky spaces is like 'the bsky site'. every app creating its own nickname for a technical concept would suck, we should call it what it is

Also need ability for multiple moderators to manage group

I think that's a stupid name

The creator becomes the moderator or can others be assigned to moderate if the Space becomes to big to handle alone?

Want. From memory it seems a lot like circles in Google+

A landing page is a good idea but don't allow too much customization so folks will know it's a BlueSky Space page at a glance.

This sounds great! Maybe add a place for links to other socials, as well?

Would definitely want to customize this. At least like a user profile bio. Some things I’d want to see: - Who is in it, especially mutuals - who invited me - how long has it existed - what’s the attrition rate (ie do a lot of people leave?) - what is it about - does the group have other websites

yeah, I think Bluesky-style posts is my first instinct

Spaces should be more similar to reddit/forums so its easy to find and share useful information.

For me, the ability to do longer-form posts would be nice. Maybe up to 5000 characters or so?

Keep it simple. Whatever the standard is for Bsky posts, and keep updated with any changes to Bsky posting.

Limit but don't completely exclude long posts, BlueSky should remain a microblogging site, it's why most of us are here. I don't have time to write or read long posts.

Longer posts would be nice.

Something like skeets or Reddit threads. Chat could be great and I’d like it, but the bar is doing something better than discord so imo not worth it until there’s a clear picture of what that is.

I mean if you do decide to have unlimited character posts in spaces then I don't really see a reason why you shouldn't also remove the character limit for public posts as well (preferably with some kinda text formatting), ya know for some consistency

for post reactions, we're considering two options: classic likes (like on regular Bluesky posts) and emoji reactions (like in group chats). with emoji reactions, you choose which ones are suggested by default. which reaction type would you prefer? or is there something else you'd want instead?

Forum threads cultivated longer duration discussion, something I miss on the internet. I think the main thing that enabled this was persistence - active discussions floated at the top of the page, encouraging more engagement. This could really distinguish spaces from feeds.

I think rather than creating different post options like long-form or forum style, allowing spaces to import non-native Bluesky records from other apps would be great. Like if someone posts from @pckt.blog it doesn't require you to post about it on Bluesky for it to appear on the timeline.

I feel forum-style threads are more "spacey" and should be chosen. I would like to think on spaces as something like sub-reddits or fb groups. bsky-style posts on spaces would feel too much like the main thing, and chat would feel too much like group DMs.

why not just `@here` for this? Is that too slack-coded? The toggle is just so big and ugly.

Chat!!!!

I would love to see this provide both public and private spaces - basically let me make a public/private forum/subreddit here. Sometimes what's useful is having a moderation space in a public sphere, right?

That's a good idea. Anything else you would want to customize?

List of recommended feeds. @graze.social even made it possible to collaborate on feeds recently

i see you @darrin.bsky.team keep up the good work

no joke “Space link” is a good name

alex please think of the children release this asap

1 and 2

One and two equally.

this is 1 of the saddest posts I have ever read

Circles 😏

Community is as natural of a word as you can get, so people will know exactly what it's for when it gets added. I'd guess more people would use it then instead of seeing it as bloat.

Ideally it wouldn't conflict with ATProto Groups or whatever it ends up being called

imperfect and maybe connotes protection that doesn't exist but gives you a kind of "this is our place, for us!" tree-fort angle i think works with the idea and, critically, it hasn't already been used a dozen times in a dozen different ways by social media

In my castle in the sky nobody cries or talks too loud.

Circles.

Equatorial plasma bubbles?

what about rooms? thinking something like bookstores or libraries that partition to different sections some structured way of populating the atmosphere mapping

sky club? sky lounge??

Communities or Clubs. Straight to the point.

Organizing around topics is fine. It works well at other sites I frequent. However, I suggest curating proposed topics for the first year. You wouldn't want a "Mikado's list" of people who "wouldn't be missed." Sets a bad precedent. Maybe start small with "Sport" and "Movies."

I’d be interested in posting the same thing to multiple places (eg. photo to a family space, a friends space)! Complex edge cases: if I’m in both spaces (groups?) I’d want to be able to reply in both spaces or to only one. Also know that a reply was only in one or the other (who is subreply 👀 to)

My group wants a space where we can gather to talk, not type.

bsky.app/profile/cool...

cough reddit cough cough

Can we have ones about trans rights? How about a space where you actually do something about trnapshobic harassment?

Should probably not try to reinvent the wheel. Think Reddit on AT-proto. Also, just ask @laurenshof.online . Because his blog is sorta called 'spaces' so he's relevant.