The Bluesky project will eventually allow the creation of new curation algorithms that will show various tweets at the top of users’ timelines from Twitter’s own algorithm. This will give users more choice about the types of content they see, Mr Dorsey said, and could allow Twitter to interact with other social media services.
Bluesky grabbed the attention of many technologists who were already working on decentralization. A small group of them will soon meet with Mr Agraval and Mr Dorsey on Sunday to discuss the project, according to two participants who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private meetings, while others exchanged ideas in an online chat. room.
Some Bluesky contributors have suggested an app that has appeared on all of their social media shows. Others wanted custom algorithms that could prevent them, for example, from seeing spoilers for their favorite TV show. And some have focused on making their online identities portable so that the account can be moved between social media companies the way a phone number can be moved from AT&T to Verizon.
“One of the things Bluesky would offer is a curating and filtering experience that is independent of that offered by social media owners,” said Tim Bray, a pioneer in Internet software and a former vice president at Amazon who is involved in some of the discussions.
Jay Graber, a cryptocurrency developer, was elected in August to lead Bluesky. And in February, Ms. Graber announced that the project was officially registered as a public benefit corporation and was building a prototype.
The project attracted the attention of Reddit engineers, who held preliminary discussions with engineers on Twitter about how their sites could one day interact, said two people familiar with the talks, but the companies did not formally agree on plans to work together.
Some skeptics believe that Twitter is jumping into the web3, joining the modern movement in technology to redirect many services, including social media, to so-called blockchain technology. But executives say Twitter is taking care of what a huge number of users want, while following Mr Dorsey’s decentralization mandate before stepping down as CEO in November.