rish

@rishkebab.blacksky.team

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building community tools @blackskyweb.xyz lead developer of Acorn: acorn.blacksky.community

An email requesting a meeting with Rudy Fraser to discuss Papertree, the product that eventually became Blacksky Cash
a screenshot of the in-development blacksky ios app
screenshot of medsky.social with "time to scrub in" as the catchphrase and medsky feeds automatically pinned
Built by a community, for communities. Blacksky started as a set of community feeds. Then came moderation tools, a member directory, a dedicated server, and eventually a full community client. Acorn is everything we built for ourselves – packaged so you can build for yours
Text: "Your identity. Know who's who. Recognize your contributors with custom badges and awards, spot bots and trolls, and give new members a way in through people they trust" Image: "Three profiles, one as a recognized community member with badges, another a new member with the person you invited them labeled, and a final account that resembles a bot" Footer: "How do you know it's all working?"
Text: "Your moderation. Your rules, your team. Define the policies that matter to your community, then hand your team the tools to enforce them. Your standards, not Big Tech's trust and safety defaults" Interactive demo with the ability to click different moderation policies and an "Add your own button". A sample reported post with buttons below to Acknowledge, Escalate, and Takedown. When Takedown is clicked, the post is blurred Footer: "But who is this person?"
Text: "Your feeds. Where your community actually talks. Create feeds for the topics that matter to your community. Announcements that don't get buried, conversations between members who actually know each other, and updates your people will see because you control the algorithm." Footer text: "What happens when there's a conflict?" Demo: "Client with various different feeds that show different posts when clicked"
Text: "A front door for your people. Your community gets a home page, a starter pack for new members, and an invite link you control. One place to land, find each other, and grow" Screenshot of a community profile, a starter pack with members, and a card with an invite link Footer: "So what do your members see when they show up?"
Text: "Your community deserves its own platform. The feeds you want, the moderation your community needs, and the people you trust – all under your brand." Demo: Type in your community's name and select a color and see it reflected instantly in the interactive demo client
Image of the blacksky trending feed on mobile with the trending topics listed below the main feed picker
A screenshot of the assembly.blacksky.community dashboard. The focus is the "Create new conversation" button that allows users to create a new conversation
spiderman meme with both spidermans pointing at each other