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Until it's ready feel free to use the PWA at app.flashes.blue

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Das Problem mit Content, der nicht gleichzeitig auf Bluesky erscheint ist, dass er selbst moderiert werden muss (Kostenfrage). Zudem wird so auch nicht der Netzwerkeffekt genutzt. Womit Du vollkommen Recht hast ist, dass es in Flashes Filter für nicht-fotografische Inhalte geben sollte ✅

Flashes | 29 followers on LinkedIn. The Instagram for the Open Social Web. Loved by 100k+ users. Featured by Apple, The Verge & Forbes. | Flashes is the visual social app for the open social web. ...

I know this is asking a lot but if you have an account in the godforsaken place that they call LinkedIn we'd be super stoked if you could give our new site there a follow. We need to build up a presence across the incumbent networks to draw in more people. Thank you so much!!!

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Flashes | LinkedIn

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Next Android alpha release has been submitted to Google and is awaiting review 🤞

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yeah...it's v1 so there will be quite a few bugs to kill. Could you create a feedback thing via the button in the right column?

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Not there yet but another beta release will ship this week. Til then you can use the Web App as a PWA

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You click on "Edit Profile". There you can edit everything

Flashes is now on the web: app.flashes.blue Browse feeds, post photos and video, watch stories, check DMs — in any browser, with the Bluesky/Eurosky/Atmosphere account you already have. This is version one. More is coming, and the Feedback link in the sidebar decides what. #news

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What's new in Flashes ✨ You've been tagging your photos with hashtags. We figured - wouldn't it be cool if those hashtags actually became real photo feeds? Now they do. Any hashtag that hits 10 photos auto-builds a feed in the new Feeds tab. Same for every camera, lens, and ISO.

The new search screen in flashes. You can see photo feeds now

One of the new photo feeds. It shows the photo feed of photos taken by an iPhone 15 Pro

One of the new hashtag feeds. It’s build from the hashtag #photography

A screenshot from the flashes app. Under the post you can now see little pills for different camera properties

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Listen to wolf 2. it’s the wolf that knows only on flashes can you enjoy the same content with friends who are more into microblogging (-> @bsky.app)

Development lacks funding atm. There will be news in the coming weeks though.

Development lacks funding atm. There will be news in the coming weeks though.

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Development lacks funding atm. There will be news in the coming weeks though.

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Development lacks funding atm. There will be news in the coming weeks though.

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Plus: 2 MB uploads, a new Photography feed in Featured, redesigned Search, handle autocomplete, and fixes. #news #release #v1.9.3

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No curation - just photos people are actually shooting. Want every #mountain shot this week? Curious what people are doing with a Fuji X100V? One tap. Tap any camera/lens/ISO chip under a photo to jump into its feed. Type # in the composer to find tags people are already using.

A screenshot of the camera properties screen in flashes

A screenshot of the composer in flashes. It now features an auto-complete feature for hashtags

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Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue · 24/03/2026

Will be finished when additional funding comes in.

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New release 1.8.2 is available that should put a final stop to the "expired sessions" issues.

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Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue · 23/03/2026

@bsky.app made some changes to the backend that cause @flashes.blue users to be logged out. Working on a fix right now.

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this was an issue with refresh tokens not lasting 2 weeks iirc

... e.g. only reading auth it makes total sense imho.

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Every screen during signin/-up adds at least 10% to the dropoff rate. Plus I don't see a benefit for the user here. I need a carte blanche anyway since @flashes.blue and @skeetsapp.com are essentially remote controls for your account (up to acc deletion). But for web services that need ...

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Yeah, that's not really a story, but rather a regular post. Stories in Flashes have their own lexicon and don't pollute your Bluesky timeline. You can see the lexicon here: flashes.blue/lexicons/blu... They're saved as its own data type in your PDS. The Flashes AppView only delivers them for 24h

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yeah, but I haven't seen an implementation yet that doesn't log you out after 2 days. Do you know if that is solved yet?

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try prepending it with https:// App passwords are actually a pretty decent solution for native apps - when it comes to accessibility - since they're saved to the Keychain. OAuth - though the technical better and preferred solution - adds friction for the average user.

actually....try prepending it with https://

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oh right...I'll check the domain verification

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hm...need to check. Normally, custom PDSs should be supported 🧐 will have to investigate

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No, what you're referring to would be regular Flashes posts. Those also show up on Bluesky. Stories have their own format which is atm only supported by @flashes.blue but will also be adopted by e.g. @skeetsapp.com

Brae’Lynn (Minny) 🪼 art acc! @minnybox.blacksky.app · 14/01/2026

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💬 | Guys…if you’re an artist or a fan of art and want a more streamlined way to view it only try out @flashes.blue (The Flashes App) !! You can choose which feed you want to view and the “For You” feed made by @/spacecowboy17.bsky.social works perfectly. You can also curate a portfolio there! 🫡

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no, not yet. Limited funding makes this unpredictable atm.

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Without funding....slim to none. What I could add is support for royalty free music - but it's a lot of work for something most people won't use imho

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Reposting this because the last post went out with German language setting 🤦‍♂️

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If you don't want Stories at all you can disable the feature app-wide in the settings. Have fun!!! Furthermore, we’ve started adding localization to the app for Japanese 🇯🇵, Korean 🇰🇷, Spanish 🇪🇸, German 🇩🇪, Italian 🇮🇹, French 🇫🇷, Portuguese 🇵🇹🇧🇷 and Polish 🇵🇱.

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Flashes App 🌩️ @flashes.blue · 12/01/2026

The time has come (Part 2) - we're (soft-) launching „Stories" on iOS today (again). At the top of your timeline you'll see the stories of the people you follow. We'll start with photos and a text overlay. Stories will be visible for 24h (we'll add more options later).

The Timeline in Flashes with the New Stories button at the top

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They should be saved on your PDS?

interesting, thx for noticing!

Kinda crazy that your regular posts sit on your PDS (in the UK?), the data is processed and disseminated by US servers and the Stories are being served out of Germany.

Also have my own moderation labeler now :) @ozone.flashes.blue

Well, it's by far not full-featured yet. but the new functions (Stories) are delivered through my AppView

That's defined by the logic of the App View. My Flashes AppView does it this way :)

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