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Northsky Social

We're creating a safer social media experience for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, powered by ATProtocol, and operating as a nonprofit worker-owned cooperative.

About Northsky Social

Northsky Social Cooperative is a group of passionate web developers and community moderators working to build a digital space designed around active moderation and user safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Operating as a Worker Cooperative Northsky Social operates as a worker-owned non-profit cooperative, where those building and maintaining the platform have decision-making authority as a group through democratic processes. We hold each other accountable to our mission of providing a safer...
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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Last updated Aug 17th, 2025 Northsky’s app is a social networking application and service ("the Northsky App") that runs on the Authenticated Transfer Protocol (“AT Protocol”). A summary of our privacy practices for the Northsky App is immediately below. You can read on for more detail. You can review the Northsky AT Protocol Network Services Privacy Notice here. Overview Profiles and Posts Are Public. The Northsky App is a social networking application for public conversation,...
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Terms of Service

Terms of Service Last updated Aug 17th, 2025 Welcome to Northsky Social, a social networking application provided by Northsky Social Cooperative! We're excited to have you on board as a user. Northsky Social runs on the Authenticated Transfer Protocol ("AT Protocol"), a decentralized social networking protocol that supports many different kinds of services. These Terms of Service apply to the Northsky Social service. Before you dive into using Northsky Social, please take a moment to...

Northsky Newsletter: Update #2

Northsky Newsletter: Update #2 We’re excited to bring you another Newsletter as we approach launching Northsky. This time we’ll be covering: Our Cooperative Structure A Note about Comms Prepping for PDS Migration Our Cooperative Structure In order to ensure that Northsky Social remains a stable platform for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community long term, we’ve gone to great lengths to set up a democratic, consensus-driven, and charitable cooperative in Canada. We’re committed to giving our community a...
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Northsky Newsletter: Update #1

Welcome to the Northsky Newsletter! It's been a while since we last chatted with you and we've got a bunch to share. We're so excited about the progress we've been making on Northsky, but because so much has happened we are going to chunk our updates so we don’t overwhelm you with all the news at once! You can expect a series of updates leading up to us taking our first users, and beyond! Reminder, What We Are As you might recall, we’re a group of developers and community moderators working...
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Press Kit

Northsky Social Cooperative Our Mission "We're creating a safer social media experience for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, powered by ATProtocol, and operating as a nonprofit, worker-owned cooperative." Cooperative Info Cooperative Founding Date Northsky Social Cooperative was incorporated on March 6th, 2025 under the Cooperative Association Act. Certification issued in Victoria, British Columbia. Cooperative Structure Northsky Social Cooperative is a Canada-based Worker-Owned Cooperative Association...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Who is Northsky Social Cooperative? A: We are a collection of web developers and community moderators who are fed up with the lack of protections for members of marginalized groups online. Many of our founding members are trans, people of color, immigrants, and members of other minority groups who rely on social networking to connect with others and make a living. We've decided to take matters into our own hands to preserve the trans community on Bluesky from a diaspora caused by the...