Bluesky@bsky.appposted: Now you can opt out of having your posts shown to non-followers in the Discover feed.
We know not everyone wants to go viral. Sometimes you're just posting for your followers. This is one of a few updates we're working on to give you more control over your experience and help you find your people.Instructional image titled "Hide your posts from non-followers in Discover" accompanied by a screenshot of the "privacy and security" options from the Bluesky settings menu. "Ask apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations" is toggled to the "on" state.
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: NOW PLAYING: "Taskmaster Fan Fiction (Greg's Christmas Feast)" by @thehornesection.bsky.social
Quoted post from The Horne Section@thehornesection.bsky.social: Throwback to when Alex found some Taskmaster fan fiction about him and Greg Davies! So, naturally we turned it into a song for our podcast!
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: NOW PLAYING: "Sludgecam" by @neorsd.org
Quoted post from NE Ohio Regional Sewer District@neorsd.org: longer videos on @bsky.app means i can finally post 10 full minutes of sewage sludge live-cam footage set to lo-fi beats.
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: NOW PLAYING: "Flight over Jupiter" by @kevinmgill.bsky.social
Quoted post from Kevin M. Gill@kevinmgill.bsky.social: Take a relaxing flight with NASA's Juno Spacecraft as it passes over Jupiter and the Great Red Spot.
Compiled from images taken during the mission's Perijove 27 on June 2nd, 2020.
Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/SwRI/Kevin M. Gill
Music: Chris Zabriskie
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: NOW PLAYING: "Four Minutes and Nineteen Seconds of College Football Highlights Set to Enigma" by @sickoscommittee.org
Quoted post from Sickos Committee@sickoscommittee.org: I set a college football highlight video to the full 4 minutes and 19 seconds of Return to Innocence.
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: NOW PLAYING: "Chiitan Blooper Reel" by @chiitan.love
Quoted post from Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆@chiitan.love: ✨Chiitan Special video✨
Celebrating that Bluesky now lets you post longer videos than before!
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: We’ll be adding our favorite longer videos to this thread all day! If you’ve seen enough, tap the three dots under the previous post and choose “Hide post for me.”
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: Big video update! You can now post videos up to 10 minutes long, and they'll upload 2–3x faster. That's on top of the recent increase in maximum file size to 300MB.
We can’t wait to see what you’ll create!
NOW PLAYING: "Rent Control," by @shing.bsky.social and @jayackley.bsky.social
Quoted post from shing yin khor@shing.bsky.social: The first four minutes of The Last Fifteen Minutes, a marionette musical short film by @shing.bsky.social and @jayackley.bsky.social.
Paul Frazee@pfrazee.composted: Telling everybody we just got the Nobel Prize
Quoted post from Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org: We've arrived on Bluesky!
We hope you will follow along as we share inspiring, motivational and exciting content about the achievements and individuals that have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.composted: Here's a short video I'm hoping to include in my @leaflet.pub blog post at debbieohi.leaflet.pub showing a glimpse of how useful it is to have an Atmosphere account. I will also include a link to @cozylittle.house's excellent non-techie explainer as well, of course! lab.leaflet.pub/3mrq6ma5dgs2x
danielleyuhan@danielle.bsky.teamposted: We're redesigning the notifications tab! 🔔 It's one of the most visited surfaces on the app, and a lot of you have told us it could be better. Here's a look at what we're exploring. 🧵"All" tab that shows all your notifications in chronological order."Follows" tab that shows you a list of people who follow you, so you never miss a follow-back."Conversations" tab that allows you to view mentions, replies, and quotes all in one place. "Activity" tab that shows all the posts from accounts you've subscribed to.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: First Bluesky user to judge the Great British Bake Off! 🍰
Quoted post from Nigella Lawson@nigella.bsky.social: First family snap from new season’s Bake Off!! It starts on Channel 4 in September, though I haven’t got an exact date to give you yet. As soon as I know, I’ll tell you. (And I have no info on timings for other territories, I’m afraid.)
I couldn’t be happier!Photo of me suffused with love for my Bake Off family! From left to right: Paul Hollywood, Alison Hammond, yours truly, and Noel Fielding.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: We apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation. Follow @status.bsky.app for any updates.
Bluesky@bsky.appreplied: We also added thread numbering: Posts in a thread are numbered automatically, so you don't have to do it yourself. You can turn this on in Settings → Beta Features.
Want to follow someone for their posts but not their reposts? Now you can — turn on "Hide reposts in feeds" for any account you follow.A screenshot demonstrating how to hide reposts from an individual user: Go to their profile, tap the three-dot icon at top right, and select "Hide reposts in feeds" from the drop-down menu.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: We’re rolling out improvements to trending topics right now! If you don’t already have it, you will in the next day or so.
The new system catches more topics, identifies more posts within that topic, and serves them up faster, so you can feel more in tune with what everyone's talking about.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: Update: group chats can now host up to 100 members.
Quoted post from Bluesky@bsky.app: What's up, chat!
Group chats are rolling out today in the new v1.124 update.
This is our first feature built for communities, and there's more to come.A group chat staffed entirely by the Bluesky team's pets, who are very excited to tell each other that group chats now exist.
Buttondown@buttondown.composted: We've enhanced Bluesky link cards!
Now when you share your newsletter's archive links on Bluesky they appear as rich, branded cards.💙 🦋 buttondown.com/blog/bluesky...
Enhanced link cards on Bluesky(buttondown.com) Your newsletter's archive links can now share as rich, branded cards on Bluesky.
Pareto Optimizer@paretooptimizer.bsky.socialposted: I know this guy has a Bluesky account.
Quoted post from Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social: A Norway fan has gone viral for not taking part in their Row celebration after matches and won't do it if they win the World Cup
"It’s factually wrong; they didn’t row, they sailed over the Atlantic”
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: Personnel news: @toni.bsky.team is dropping the “interim” from his title and will serve as our permanent CEO!
Quoted post from Toni Schneider@toni.bsky.team: Staying in the game
I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm...
Staying in the game(toni.org) I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm loving the mission and the job, and I'm all in as Bluesky’s official CEO. This job has been energizing from day one, and the Bluesky...
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: v1.127 is live! We're rolling out improvements to search over the coming weeks. You'll get more relevant results and more ways to find what you're looking for.
The new "Filters" button lets you query and filter by keywords, people, date range, language and more. You can even share your searches!A rendering of the new "Filters" button and option fields, which allow you to query and filter by keywords, people, date range, language and more.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: Bluesky launched in February 2023 as an invite-only platform.
As of June 2026, we have 45 million users.
For reference, that's almost the population of Argentina.
Thank you for being here with us 💙
Here’s to the next 45 million accounts.
Bluesky@bsky.appposted: What is offsides? Why is everyone so excited about Cabo Verde? What’s up with Alexi Lalas?
Consider this the official Intro to World Cup thread. Drop your questions about soccer in the replies and someone from the sports side of the app will assist you momentarily.
