(no, private posts should not be jumping up in the timeline. It's a known bug)

Thank you for giving our private features a spin!

Private profiles will appear private to everyone Bluesky (even trusted)
Private posts can only be seen on Speakeasy for now, but once private spaces are finalised in Bluesky, we'll migrate to that format

Please, seriously consider: do you want all of this _gestures at bluesky_ to exist in another year or so?

Because the only two pathways are
(a) Enough of us donate to community owned social media that we can keep community owned server running, or
(b) Bluesky investors start finding revenue options

More than 3000 private posts have been created on Speakeasy.
We're thrilled to be able to facilitate safer spaces in the #atmosphere

Happening now :-)

Speakeasy What's Next · Luma Speakeasy Social is a cooperatively owned platform designed for focus, safety, and authentic connection. Algorithms that empower. Recently we've delivered…

With our major privacy features released, we want to know what you want to see next.
Join us in April to have your say
luma.com/8hxr1p82

Social Media Fuels Community Violence. Prevention Needs an Upgrade. Online conflict accelerates retaliation and compresses the timeline from conflict to crisis, write Thomas Abt, Desmond Patton, and Joseph Richardson.

In high-risk communities, online conflict accelerates offline retaliation, write Thomas Abt, Desmond Patton, and Joseph Richardson. Prevention requires coordination and commitment from tech platforms, community violence interrupters, researchers, law enforcement and impacted youth.

In case you missed it, Speakeasy supports private posts

Speakeasy supports private posts that are only available to other Speakeasy users that you trust

Now that we've completed our major privacy features, we've got some time and space for some blue sky thinking about what's next (pun intended ;-)

Speakeasy is by and for the community, so we'd love to hear from you on what you think should be next.

What's next for Speakeasy? When would you join a call

1️⃣ 26th Mar 11am SYD / 1pm AKL / 5pm PT / 8pm ET
2️⃣ 26th Mar 1pm SYD / 3pm AKL / 7pm PT / 10pm ET
3️⃣ 1 Apr 11am SYD / 1pm AKL / 5pm PT / 8pm ET
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Thrilled to announce the release of private profiles on Speakeasy.

If you're looking for more privacy, you can now restrict your profile details to only those people you trust.

Anthropic employees just learned the hard way that when a company makes a promise, it's worthless if the workers don't have the power to fire the CEO when they break the promise

Corporations will always choose profit over safety unless the workers use their power to keep them accountable

Love this
I've added support for it to @spkeasy.social

Coming soon: private profiles

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.

As long as social media is owned by investors looking for money back, they will choose to hurt kids than review their model of maximum engagement

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...

This has been fixed now. Reach out for an invite if you'd like to give private posts a spin!

We're aware of an issue preventing Blacksky users from accessing private posts on Speakeasy and are looking into it

Sorry for the trouble! 😞

If in 2025 a social media platform has this much hate on it, it is because the owners have chosen to allow it.

We need people in charge of social media who care about people's safety

That's why we're implemented secure private posts on Bluesky
about.spkeasy.social/security

What Elon Musk’s “Exit” From White House Really Means and What’s Next for DOGE Podcast Episode · System Crash · 06/06/2025 · 55m

"You can just assume that anything you're not saying in an encrypted area it's being vacuumed up at this point"
- Brian Merchant, System Crash Podcast

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it

The tech giants want to use their tech to isolate us, but we don't have to accept it.

We can choose to use tech that connects us rather than isolates us

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

You're right @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social , time does usually, by convention, run forwards!

That issue has been fixed. Thanks for pointing it out 🙏

Speakeasy Mob Coding Learn from an experienced engineering leader while working on code that makes a real impact.

We’re building Speakeasy the way social media should be: welcoming, genuinely connecting people, and nurturing growth

That starts with how we write code

Whether you want to shape the future of social media or are curious to learn alongside others, come code with us

about.spkeasy.social/mob-coding

Screenshot from Speakeasy showing a break in infinite scroll offering suggested actions of Read a Book, Message a Friend, Take a Walk, Edit Options or Keep Scrolling

What if we optimised technology for people instead of advertisers and investors?

Huge shoutout to @jpm-nz.bsky.social for implementing our first human centred adaptive algorithm (or AI✨)

As you use speakeasy it will adjust the timing of this pause in the scroll, optimising for *less* time on site

Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissent A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.

#BigTech can't be trusted. When put to the test they always put profits ahead of doing the right thing.

If we want something better, we're going to have to build it ourselves

#cooperatives #capitalism

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.

1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral

[rant]

Speakeasy A cooperatively owned social platform built for focus, safety and authentic connections

It’s seems fitting that 2025 is the International Year of Cooperatives.

The damage of #TechBro greed is so visible. Never has it been more urgent to leave them behind

Why not start with co-operative social media? 😉

about.spkeasy.social

#InternationalYearOfCooperatives #coop #cooperatives

Edmundo Castilho, founder of the Unimed System, during the inauguration of Unimed Bauru headquarters in 1976

Sistema Unimed (Brazil)
Brazil’s healthcare hero 🇧🇷 Unimed is the largest medical cooperative globally, serving 18M patients with 114K doctors. A model of physician-owned care! #HealthcareCoop #Unimed

Shop front of the Cooperative Bank

The Co-operative Bank (New Zealand)
NZ’s Co-operative Bank is owned by its customers and has redistributed $22.5M in profits since 2013. If we can make banking ethical, there’s nothing coops can’t do! #CooperativeBanking #NZ