Bluesky has announced its new product roadmap for the coming months. The decentralized social network announced Tuesday that it plans to introduce direct messaging, video support, custom feed improvements, and new moderation controls.
The company said in a blog post that it is developing a direct messaging (DM) service that will be integrated into the Bluesky app, initially outside of the decentralized AT protocol (the protocol used by Bluesky), and will later develop DM on top of the protocol. Ta. . Bluesky said this initial version will facilitate one-on-one chats and give users controls to limit who they can DM.
The company said it is also working on improving custom feeds that allow users to curate feeds. Although you can also use third-party tools to improve the functionality of your custom feeds, Bluesky currently supports the creation of in-app feeds, improved feed discovery, new trending feeds, his views, and submission of posts to feeds. , says it is working on features such as curation. Manage your submissions manually. How to better arrange your feed on your home screen.
Brusky said the company is also working on anti-harassment tools, but declined to elaborate on how those tools would work.
In addition, the social network is considering expanding video support on its platform and expanding its “OAuth” login mechanism, which will allow users to “Log in with Bluesky” to various services related to the social network. Currently, users must use and remember a different password to log into third-party apps.