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Oh no - we tried quite hard to set things up correctly, but could also have missed something. What problem did you have? I guess while trying to read the blog post?

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Aster ID @aster.id · 3h

You'd be able to move an existing Bluesky account to Aster, meaning we'd become the provider that hosts your data. Eurosky have a great migration guide that explains how this works for Atmosphere accounts:

eurosky.tech

Account migration instructions with EU-HAUL — Eurosky

Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure

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Mosh Lee @mosh.bsky.social · 5h

Really nice to see this! When we say "user-owned," most of the time individual users don't actually want to run their own infrastructure. But a group of researchers banding together to run infra BY and FOR users like themselves — maybe that's what user agency meant all along 🫶

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Aster ID @aster.id · 5h

Yes! We're planning to feature it as one of our recommended apps.

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Ariel M. (she/her) @byarielm.fyi · 6h

If you’ve seen me trying not to reveal what I’ve been working on the last few months, well, here it is 🎉 Our first big offering - aside from Atmosphere account hosting - is personal websites for researchers! Drop your must-haves, preferences, ideas, or questions about personal/prof sites below 🧪🧬💻

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 5h

The most difficult challenge about hosting Atmosphere accounts for researchers is... deciding how to define "researcher". This is a big topic that we want to be transparent about and get community input on. More below from @mathewlowry.eurosky.social:

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 7h

The social internet — for science! I'm super excited to see @aster.id launching. It's an Atmosphere service provider (like @eurosky.social) for researchers, hosted by your friends at the @modalfoundation.eurosky.social. Why does it matter? Thread time! 🧵

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Modal Foundation @modalfoundation.eurosky.social · 8h

Thrilled that Aster.id has launched, and very happy for the Modal Foundation to be supporting in an incubation role. modalfoundation.leaflet.pub/3mwqgvxl5a22a

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Incubating Aster

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Aster ID @aster.id · 7h

Thank you for your support! Doing PDS hosting properly is hard, and we wouldn't be able to do it without Eurosky & Modal ❤️

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Ronen Tamari @ronentk.me · 8h

So excited for this!! The idea for Aster was sparked in conversations in Vancouver at @atmosphereconf.org and now after a few months we're launching it! It's a real labor of love - grateful to be part of the wonderful team spanning @modalfoundation.eurosky.social @eurosky.social @atproto.science

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ATProto Science @atproto.science · 8h

This is going to be big, kudos to the @aster.id team. We can just transform research, together 🤝 #wecanjustdothings

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 7h

Exciting. If you're a researcher and still don't know about about #ATScience, it's time to get up to speed by reading this thread and following the accounts mentioned.

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Jim Ray @jimray.bsky.team · 7h

Oh this is exciting and backed by a murderer’s row of atproto knowers. Makes perfect sense for science to be embracing the protocol like this.

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Atmosphere Community @atmosphere.community · 7h

Congrats to @aster.id & @atproto.science team on the launch of Aster ID: accounts for researchers as a non-profit service, hosted on the open web. And incubated by @modalfoundation.eurosky.social

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

Finally - a special thanks to @wang.social for the generous grant that got us started!

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

When can you get an Aster ID? We’re launching a closed alpha in two weeks at @scios.tech's IOSP workshop. After that, we’ll grow gradually in an invite-only phase, giving us time to grow sustainably and safely. You can subscribe to our blog to get updated on when that happens:

blog.aster.place

Aster Blog

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

Aster is being built by a team of researchers around the world, stemming from the @atproto.science initiative. Legally and fiscally, we’re hosted by Dutch non-profit @modalfoundation.eurosky.social. Modal have been a tremendous help, and our shared goals and values are perfect for this project.

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

We’re also working on apps of our own - including a hosting platform for personal websites that will finally make academic websites easy. Stay tuned for more - your Aster ID will be your personal webpage, too!

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

Because of the power of Atmosphere accounts, there are so many apps you can benefit from as a researcher. For science, over 30 apps and tools for publishing (e.g. @leaflet.pub ), networking (e.g. @sifa.id), or curating knowledge (e.g. @semble.so) will all be compatible with your Aster ID.

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

What does that mean for you? Your Bluesky account is actually an ‘Atmosphere’ account. Atmosphere accounts can access dozens of different apps, but the data you enter into these apps is always owned by your account - not the app! Aster ID is like @eurosky.social's PDS, but for researchers.

atmosphereaccount.com

Atmosphere Account

One account for all your apps. Yours to keep, wherever you go.

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Aster ID @aster.id · 8h

The modern research ecosystem of online tools and communities is controlled by for-profit companies. But we think that researchers should be the priority - not the product. So, we're announcing Aster ID: not-for-profit Atmosphere account hosting for researchers.

blog.aster.place

Announcing Aster - a home for researchers on the open web

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