Check out the guide to using Smoke Signal and BeaconBits to streamline location-based event creation. This step-by-step guide walks you through everything you need to know about saving locations in @beaconbits.app and using those locations in your events on smokesignal.events.

LOL. I was thinking about this a few days ago, inspired by LFG in gaming to create a PUG (pick-up group) or one-time random group but IRL. Well, here it is! It's awesome that ATmosphere citizens think in the similar wavelengths.

Looking For Group is a feature that allows you find activities and activity partners using privacy-respecting location and tags. Read more about this feature in the forum announcement.

Looking for an adventure? Or maybe just things to do with people who have similar interests? Check out the looking for group feature. More about the why and how soon.

Looking For Group! smokesignal.events/lfg

We’re looking forward to the new year. As usual for the first Monday of the month, we’re hosting the first 2026 edition of Stickers Club. We’ve posted the event listing to @smokesignal.events! smokesignal.events/did:plc:t552...

So cool! You don’t only own your data but you can bring it along to create new use cases in other apps.

Un événement simple pour se compter et discuter. Inscrivez vous sur @smokesignal.events #atproto #lille

Very interesting to see micro data usage across apps. I think there’s some unexplored space around “claiming” venues, too.

Now you can use past events and checkins from @beaconbits.app and @dropanchor.app when creating and editing events! Read more about this feature in the forum announcement.

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In addition, the following platforms are based on #ATproto: streaming platform stream.place and TikTok alternative skylight.social And alternative: medium @leaflet.pub eventbrite @smokesignal.events goodreads @popfeed.social Instagram @flashes.blue

@smokesignal.events on @railway.com Not shown: elastic search (via bonsai) and secondary sites (badges, gnosco, and blahg)

We've changed how we consume events from the firehouse. Although this change will improve overall stability and reliability of consuming firehose events, it may result in a bunch of events appearing that weren't here before. Bear with us while data processes.

Some changes to authentication have been released today. Please report any bugs or unexpected behavior!

We're *so* back smokesignal.events/did:plc:k4on...

Quality of life updates went out today focusing on improvements to profile settings and blob handling.

Doing a quick Thanksgiving quote-post thread for some of our Atmosphere grant recipients this week, because we are so thankful for them! Nick does incredible work with @smokesignal.events, our OAuth ecosystem, @atwork.place, and more!

Do you have opinions on banner image aspect ratios? Drop into this thread by @tynanpurdy.com on changing the current 16:9 to 3:1. discourse.smokesignal.events/t/profile-ba...

Just released a new feature for social link sharing from OpenMeet groups and events. If you're interested in an opensource Meetup.com alternative that integrates with #ATprotocol find us at platform.openmeet.net/groups/openm...

Feature drop!

If @smokesignal.events allowed you to comment on an event, what would that record be? Re-use the bsky feed post? Set the root / parent reference to the event aturi? Something else entirely? #ATProtocol #atdev #LazyWeb

lots of exciting projects in Montreal this week weaving the ATProto ecosystem ✨ ( @germnetwork.com @stream.place @leaflet.pub @microcosm.blue @atprotocol.dev @smokesignal.events @cosmik.network @skylight.social )

Email you say? 👀

We quietly launched support for facets extraction and rendering in event descriptions. There are some limits, but mention, tag, and link facets are all supported.

Let's start monthly gratitude movement. Join me at the end of each month to recognize and uplift each other. Could be an endorsement on atwork.place or a post with #Gratitude.

Added a @smokesignal.events event for Letta's Stateful Agents meetup. November 5th in Seattle. We'll be talking about ATProto, Bluesky, and the future of artificial social intelligence. smokesignal.events/did:plc:gfrm...

Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th. We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j

You can just do things, together

Looks fun @alt.psingletary.com and @baileytownsend.dev! #ATProtocol

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RSVPing to an event on smokesignal.events, another ATProto app

If This Then AT:// is getting close folks! We've added some great new actions on our way to a full release. What other workflow automations do folks want to see?

Or for those that prefer @smokesignal.events, we have the event up there, too! smokesignal.events/did:plc:eje5...

Recently there has been a lot of dividing & heated discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol. Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting, I proposed releasing a statement on this discourse, you can read the full statement here: github.com/swicg/genera... #activitypub #atprotocol #atproto #SocialWeb

Who's interested in automation?

🔐 our discourse instance has also been updated to use more secure ATProtocol OAuth scopes.

🔒 Do more with less! We've upped our game with OAuth scopes!

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We're also on @smokesignal.events: smokesignal.events/did:plc:rnt6...

Come check out the first LIVE stream on @skyligh.social 🙌🏽 Shout out to @thelotradio.com, a non-profit radio station that champions DJs and creators! Thanks for letting us use your space and for being the first account on LIVE!!

If you’re in Brooklyn, check out the launch of Skylight Live — live streaming on the AT protocol that can connect with your Bluesky account!

Members of the community from NYC to Seattle are in town for hack day, including startups and hackers like @skylight.social, @graze.social, @stream.place, @sprk.so and @blackskyweb.xyz, as well as @piss.beauty, @cosmik.network, @tynanpurdy.com and @smokesignal.events!

Cloud Native and Kubernetes Edinburgh is back on the 17th September. I created a @smokesignal.events event for funsies: smokesignal.events/did:plc:4bxl...

The new OAuth scopes feature is looking pretty great! 🎉 Holding off on updating @smokesignal.events ke for now since self-hosted identities (like mine) can't use it quite yet. But wow, the permission system is impressively transparent. #atdev #ATProtocol #OAuth

Support for the legacy events.smokesignal.* types and supporting types will end on August 15th, 2025. Read more on Discourse.

Yes, definitely would be great to have a small honorarium for some design work on Smoke Signal We don’t have a dedicated “design” tier but donations gladly accepted opencollective.com/atprotocolde...

✨ Updated the localdev repository to include instructions on running jetstream in a local development environment. #atprotocol #atdev tangled.sh/@smokesignal...

LAUNCHING LIVE: Join the @stream.place and @skylight.social teams at @thelotradio.com in Brooklyn on Sun, Aug 24 to celebrate the launch of Streamplace livestreaming in the Skylight Social app! RSVP on @smokesignal.events: smokesignal.events/did:plc:rbvr...

A new tasty treat for all of you lovely Bluesky folks. The @overcommitted.dev podcast interviewed @ngerakines.me recently and it was a super fun conversation! Learn about #atproto, why it's so incredibly cool, and how to get involved in open source projects: overcommitted.dev/ep-19-at-pro...