Here’s @rude1.blacksky.team, Founder and CEO of @blackskyweb.xyz and Excellence Award Winner of the #OpenSocialAwards. Blacksky is a beacon of choice, community, and agency in a bleak social media landscape. They’re building the tools they need and sharing them with everyone.

Adding more information to gifthood.org. We now have our lexicons published in a very on-brand way:

Introducing the official v1.0.0 cut for Gifthood: We are now keeping a publicly accessible changelog for people curious about user-relevant changes to the app. gifthood.org/releases/

First bug: Tabbed nav corrupts in iOS PWA (WebKit): tab switch shows wrong tab's content Damn you, WebKit! 😅

The genesis moment when I onboarded the first 30 folks to do some tire kicking on this little baby. With my buddy @kraptv.gifthood.social at Bar Bar in Portland, Oregon.

The Easter Egg 🥚 has been discovered by our neighbor @rjacobhoopes.carfree.life - next drink is on me! Congrats.

Gifthood is starting to light up! We are stoked about this genesis phase!

Check your email. 🥳

We made a little home for the project: gifthood.org. What Gifthood is, who's behind it, and how to access everything (community, network, blog). The gifting itself still lives next door in the app. Come by anytime.

There are so many choices for long-form writing on Atproto. Which one should @gifthood.community pick for its blog? I'd love to hear some opinions. I can't decide.

Should I take time away from important work to add an easter egg? It is so tempting.

Applying the final finishing touches to the app tonight. First beta cohort onboarding invites will go out tomorrow. 🥳

Passing out flyers about @gifthood.community at the Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association Garage Sale: person asks: “Is this built on atproto?” 🤯

We are making flyers to give out at the neighborhood association garage sale.

Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Adding some UX delight today. Now supporting @ mentions and smart linking right at the launch. 🤘🏻

We now have push notification support built right into Gifthood. Manage them in your settings. Want them? Turn them on. Tired of too many pushes? One click and you won't get any more. ✅

Well look at that. Making progress. ✅ Push Notification foundation work.

Built right into Gifthood: ✅ Muting ✅ Blocking ✅ Reporting Coming soon: ⬜️ Following Built with a Trust & Safety-first mindset.

Our first listing in Portland's Mississippi Avenue neighborhood just went live. 🥳

A little behind-the-scenes show-and-tell. The waitlist is growing. Clusters haven't quite formed yet. But every shaded area on this map is where at least one person has signed up. Only one of these areas needs to get a deeper color, and it's a go.

Good morning! It's another beautiful day to work on something that strengthens communities with intent and care, without enshitifications. Sustainability, trust, and safety over explosive growth.

A little behind-the-scenes show-and-tell. The waitlist is growing. Clusters haven't quite formed yet. But every shaded area on this map is where at least one person has signed up. Only one of these areas needs to get a deeper color, and it's a go.

Are you a tire kicker? Do you not mind staring at a greenfield app that doesn't have a full launch cohort yet? Feel free to sign up for the waitlist with this special link, and you'll see all this stuff sooner than later. Already signed up? No worries, just reply here and we'll sort it out.

We are launching with our own PDS to onboard folks who aren't necessarily on Bluesky... yet. Exciting times.

We are about to onboard the first real user to kick the tires of this thing. 🥳

gifthood (n.) — neighbors giving away what they no longer need and asking for what they do. no money, no catch. it’s not charity and it’s not a marketplace — it’s gifthood. built on ATProto → gifthood.community

Just checking in with you all. The current plan is to run a mini launch for a cohort of about 50 people (the more, the better) in the N/NE Portland neighborhoods. Please pass this along to anyone you think might find this idea delightful. The waitlist is open.

Look at that, we are using @userinput.app for user feedback. Thanks @brookie.blog!

The road to beta is an obstacle course. Currently figuring out the infrastructure for this that I can actually afford to run for a while without breaking the bank.

The waitlist is open for beta launch. We are starting in Portland. Feel free to sign up with your general location anywhere in the US & Canada. You'll be the first to know when we open the app up for your neighborhood.

Burning the midnight oil, getting gifthood.community ready for beta rollout.

Hello world. 👋🏻