The Free Software Foundation has opened an account on Bluesky to reach people who may not already know about software freedom. It plans to share news and events there, posting through a tool its technology team built to fit its existing workflow. The decision reflects a practical trade-off: the FSF says it accepted using Bluesky’s nonfree JavaScript once during registration because connecting with new audiences is important to its mission. It encourages people already on Bluesky to follow its account, while continuing to direct social media users to its Mastodon presence as well.
The FSF sees Bluesky as an improvement over some other microblogging services, but warns that it still has significant limitations. Signing up requires proprietary JavaScript, which the organization considers a violation of users’ freedoms. Although Bluesky is federated, it uses the AT Protocol rather than ActivityPub, and Bluesky itself has substantial influence over how that protocol develops. Users can host their own servers, but doing so is more demanding than setting up Mastodon or lighter ActivityPub alternatives. Much of Bluesky’s software is freely licensed, yet its web client still delivers nonfree JavaScript. The FSF’s participation is therefore not an endorsement of the platform’s design; it also calls on Bluesky to make access possible without nonfree JavaScript.
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