# A Social Filesystem by Dan Abramov

8 Hacker News commenters recommended A Social Filesystem by Dan Abramov and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a clear primer on atproto, the protocol behind Bluesky, and as a readable longread for learning it. It is free to read on overreacted.io.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear primer on atproto (4 comments): "That article should be the official ATProto docs at this point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47972261)) "Yes, excellent primer of atproto, nice one!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47953082)) "should give you a really crisp picture" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949181))
- Good longread for learning atproto (2 comments): "If you genuinely want to learn about atproto, I have two longreads for you" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322734)) "I have a couple of longreads on the topic" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49242294))
- Strong fan praise from readers (2 comments): "just wanted to share how much i loved this blog post" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47949279)) "The Social Filesystem is amazing!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007028))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "A Social Filesystem by Dan Abramov", https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-social-filesystem/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).