Bluesky’s main backer has left its board of directors.
On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted grants for open protocols from his Start Small philanthropic initiative on X. This prompted someone to ask Dorsey if he was still on Bluesky’s board, and he replied with a laconic “no”. Dorsey did not respond to any follow-up messages asking him to explain his departure.
It is unclear when Dorsey left the board; from Sunday morning, Bluesky Business FAQ always identified him as a member of the board of directors. Later in the afternoon, the company issued the following statement:
We sincerely thank Jack for his help in funding and launching the bluesky project. Today, Bluesky thrives as an open source social network running on atproto, the decentralized protocol we built.
With Jack’s departure, we are looking for a new board member at Bluesky Public Benefit Corporation who shares our commitment to creating a social network that puts people in control of their experience. More soon!
Dorsey Bluesky was first announced in 2019, when he was still CEO of Twitter. He wrote that Twitter (now X) was “funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open, decentralized standard for social media.”
Since then, Bluesky has become an independent public benefit corporation, led by CEO Jay Graber, with the support of venture capitaland that open to the general public in February.
Dorsey appears to have deleted his Bluesky account at some point last year, although his departure was only acknowledged at the time by a some posts on social media. (He also has deleted his Instagram account.) Despite this, he remained biggest name associated with the project.
Back on X, Dorsey had a pretty active weekend. In addition to publishing information about the company, it weighed in on the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, unfollowed almost every other accountAnd job, “don’t rely on companies to grant you rights. defend them yourself using freedom technology. (you are on one) »
This story has been updated with a statement from Bluesky confirming Dorsey’s departure.
