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

Follow Meta's fact-checking changes, Bluesky is creating Flashes, a photo sharing app that could potentially replace Instagram for many.

The popularity of Bluesky, the open-source social media platform with over 27 million users, continues to soar as it taps into the growing demand for decentralised platforms. Bluesky is now supporting Flashes, a new photo-sharing app developed independently but powered by the AT Protocol—an open and decentralised network technology.

Bluesky is becoming an X replacement. Now Instagram is also under attack. Flashes app becomes a platform for photos.