There’s a new social app on the horizon: Here’s The Iconfactory:
Twitterrific for Mac was the very first Twitter client, but it has fallen out of date. Help us bring it back to the future!
STATIC BREAKS INTO MY AIRPODS
Oh, I’m being told that this blog post is supposed to be about another Phoenix. The folks at Tapbots are building a Bluesky client. From their FAQ:
What about Ivory? Are you leaving Mastodon?
Of course not! Mastodon is our home on the social web and we will continue to invest our time there. Since the incredible growth of Bluesky in the past year, our customer base has become split between the two services and for us to continue to thrive as a company, we must support both. Unfortunately, we can’t survive on Mastodon alone.
It’s easy for people in our corner of the Internet to think Mastodon is a huge success, but in terms of raw user numbers, it just … isn’t. I am sure Phoenix will bring the polish Tapbots is known for to Bluesky, which is great. The official app is so close to a Twitter/X clone that if you took the labels off, I’m not sure most people could tell the difference.