Flashes itself is based on Berlin developer Sebastian Vogelsang’s earlier app, Skeets, his initial foray into creating consumer-facing apps for the growing social network, Bluesky, which now ...

Flashes, an Instagram alternative built on top of the Bluesky social network, is now opening its doors to beta testers.Announced just weeks ago, the app offers people a means of exiting Meta’s ...

Bluesky is often compared to X (formerly Twitter) due to its appearance and features. Thus, according to Sebastian Vogelsang, Flashes could attract new users who have not yet joined the platform ...

The news of Flashes comes at an uncertain time for legacy social media. Users have flown from X to alternatives like Bluesky; the United States government is on the verge of banning TikTok ...

Anyone looking for an alternative to Instagram might have a suitable candidate in Flashes, a recently launched app built on Bluesky that seems to get all the important basics right.Flashes ...

Developer Sebastian Vogelsang has built the Flashes app using Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Posts added to Flashes will also appear on a Bluesky user’s account, and photos that they post on Bluesky ...

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.

Flashes Bluesky, the upstart social media platform that aims to take on X, finally has its own Instagram rival.Named Flashes, the app was first introduced in January and aims to recapture the core ...

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 photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The ...

Developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building the Flashes app using Bluesky’s AT Protocol. Posts added to Flashes will also appear on a Bluesky user’s account and photos that they post on Bluesky ...

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 photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The ...