Tapbots, the name behind popular social media clients such as Ivory developed for Tweetbot and Mastodon, is now working on a special application for Bluesky. According to information found by Macstories, this new client, called Phoenix, is being developed for both iOS and Mac users. The company plans to launch Phoenix this summer and aims to launch a publicly open alpha test with a limited number of users as soon as possible.
Bluesky stands out as a rapidly growing option among the decentralized social media platforms. This platform, supported by Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey and built on horse Protocol, has recently gained a wide audience. These developments also increase the interest in third -party client practices. Tapbots’ Phoenix project is considered a step to meet the increasing demand for the Bluesky ecosystem.
The fact that Tapbots is developing a new application for Bluesky does not mean that the company’s commitment to Mastodon is reduced. Tapbots, Ivory, will continue to develop the mastodon client and will support both platforms equally, he says. “Mastodon will continue to be our home on the social web and continue to invest here.” expressions are used.
TAPBOTS draws attention to the increase in the number of Bluesky users
However, Tapbots emphasizes that there has been a significant increase in the number of users of Bluesky in recent years and that its customer bases are now divided between two platforms. For this reason, the company states that in order to create a sustainable business model, it should develop clients for both Mastodon and Bluesky. Tapbots said, “Unfortunately, it is not economically possible for us to operate only through Mastodon.” he draws attention to the commercial reason behind this decision.
Tapbots also works on a feature that allows users to cross cross -sharing between Mastodon and Bluesky. However, instead of creating a single application that supports multiple social media protocols, developing separate applications for each platform will be better in terms of user experience. “Supporting different protocols within a single application can offer some conveniences, but we think it would be more accurate to offer an optimized experience specific to every platform.” in the form of a statement.
Meanwhile, the Tapbots team predicts that in the long run, Mastodon will continue to grow. “We believe that Mastodon is the future of our center and Activitypub’s social web. We hope that he will only continue to grow. ” He expresses his trust in social networks with his statements.