Your private network is bigger than you know. Update to 3.0.8 and see who you can Germ DM right now. 🔎📝

Germ DM 3.0.8 is live! DM your mutuals and followers right from Compose. Head there now to see who's waiting for your message.

@blackskyweb.xyz, @bsky.app, @mu.social, @skeetsapp.com, @grain.social, @popfeed.social and more already take you straight to a Germ DM. Wherever you meet on atproto, your private DMs are in Germ.

Skip the guesswork. Find your Germ mutuals right in the app.

Curious who's on Germ? The answer is in the app. It's always the right time to end-to-end encrypt your DMs. 💬🔐

Wondering which of your mutuals are on Germ? The answer is inside your app. Take a peek, we'll never know. 🫣 More Friends is live now.

We launched More Friends with more friends! Happy Pride to our gorgeous gorgeous community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you @bsky.app, @heavybit.com and Generationship! Friends, tag yourselves if you dare. Update Germ DM to find your private network now!

Your private network is waiting for you in Germ. More Friends, live now.

See you TODAY, Bay Area! We have a great DJ, at the best bar in SF, and of course with the raddest community in all of tech 🫵🤗 atmo.rsvp/p/did:plc:4y...

Everyone can see you’re mutuals. No one knows you’re talking on Germ. More Friends, live in beta now.

Your private network is waiting for you in Germ. Privately DM your mutuals, in beta now.

Help us test our next feature before it hits the App Store! Join Germ’s beta program and be first to try and give feedback on the feature, dropping soon. 🦜🗺️🏴‍☠️ testflight.apple.com/join/4T9vp3Yt

Our newest release is live in the App Store! Make sure your Germ DM is up to date for better notifications, including for first messages from new friends. We're also laying the foundation for what's dropping next. Stay tuned! 📲💚

We’re DMing all over the world. Drop your card, what languages you speak, and what you like to chat about. 💭🖋️✉️ 📬️ ✈️

E2EE DMs for atproto. Get started in the App Store now. apps.apple.com/us/app/germ-...

Germ hats in the @rpg.actor wild!

🧢🧢🧢 It’s our first-ever digital drop! 🧢🧢🧢 Starting today, the first 150 people who use Germ DM and follow us here will unlock this custom green hat with our Earth logo for their @rpg.actor character. Thank you @rpg.actor for this amazing collaboration!

Whether you're on Bluesky, Blacksky, another PDS, or using a custom domain, you can use Germ for totally private chats.

Release 3.0.4 is live! Our latest release makes it smoother than ever to get started in Germ. Have the app already? Let your friends know they can send you a super-private message with just a tap. 👆️📲 💬

You loved their photo. Now actually say hi. Jump from @grain.social straight into Germ DM. 📸⏭️👯‍♀️

You're sharing your favorite books, movies, music, and games on @popfeed.social. Did you know you can take the convo private with just a tap? Drop into Germ DM from Popfeed. The first atproto app to ever ship the Germ button—even before Bluesky! 📚️🎧️🎬️👾

We've worked hard to improve how Germ DM connects to your Atmosphere account. This was a great time to shift to granular OAuth permissions, so that we request only the capabilities we need. 🧩

Germ DM 3.0.3 is live! We’ve been working on something crucial: making sure all of you can log in! 📲🏃🪂 If you had trouble logging in before, now is a great time to try again. Remember, you can also delete any Germ DM links from your bios.

You’re already watching your friends’ videos on @orbyt.video orbyt now links to Germ DM, so you can jump from the comments into into a totally private conversation. Just tap! 📺️🪂💬

You already love Skeets. Now, it gives you even more choices. Drop into private DMs with friends wherever you see the Germ DM button. Follow @skeetsapp.com to get started!

Drop into a totally private conversation from Blacksky. Log into the Blacksky app with any handle for a different perspective on the Skyline, or host your account with them for deeper architectural support. Follow them at @blackskyweb.xyz to get started!

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The Atmosphere isn’t just Bluesky. 1000s of apps are sharing users, posts, and preferences through the AT Protocol. More atproto apps every week are helping their users jump into Germ for private DMs—and we want to shout them out! Tag yourself and your product and we'll show you off 💅

OK and this collage needs an edit because it misses the winner of our 1 green Germ hat @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team. Also, incredibly, please find here the only photo of Tessa and Anna together. And guess what? We both live in San Francisco. So hit us up next time you're in town. Germ out! 💚

... Anna and Tynan speaking at our UX workshop, and a late-night hike photo with @thezodiacheir.blacksky.team, @rishkebab.blacksky.team, @solidway.world, Bryan, @robin.berjon.com, @sebastian.eurosky.social, @ivansigal.eurosky.social, @sebastian.eurosky.social, @billwpierce.co, and @ntm.bsky.social