Bluesky is a new social media platform people currently excited about. And a handle is a... shortcut that points to you, and when people uses this shortcut, you get excited.

They used to call that "getting fingered".

"rustybolt" is your handle on HN.

Jack Dorsey is creating distributed Twitter

Not Dorsey, it’s Jay Graber and the rest of the team. Dorsey created the team and is board member but doesn’t have control over the operation.

Also, they aren’t creating distributed Twitter, AT protocol is the infrastructure for any social decentralized service we will want to create in the future. Bluesky is the first use case, but the team is building something way bigger than just the microblogging application.

It’s worth checking ATP docs, they are quick to read and well made: https://atproto.com/guides/overview

> but doesn’t have control over the operation

And who owns the Bluesky company that is paying the wages ?

Jack is a board member and has contributed funding but does not have a majority control and doesn’t “own” Bluesky.