Bluesky now allows users to personalize the main Discover feed. The social network is rolling out an updated version of its app that allows users to provide feedback on algorithmic feeds.This will cause the post's menu to contain[これより多く表示]button and[これより少なく表示]You can now use buttons to better customize your feed. What the algorithm surfaces.
This change will help Bluesky users create timelines that take their preferences into account, rather than what the company thinks they should see. This feature is similar to His X (formerly Twitter) and allows users to click the “I'm not interested in this post” option within their own For You feed.
This new feature joins an already robust set of controls for configuring your Bluesky experience.
Unlike centralized social media platforms, Bluesky allows users to roll their own custom feeds for others to subscribe to. These feeds may have different themes and algorithms than Bluesky's own Discover feed, giving you more ways to find interesting content across the network.
In addition to this, social networks allow you to subscribe to multiple moderation services, allowing you to decide what types of posts you want to see and what you should hide. Users can also create and run their own independent moderation services using Bluesky's tool, Ozone.
By putting this control in the hands of users, Bluesky is creating a platform where users can build their own experiences, rather than having policies and rules dictated by a few executives. Unfortunately, the decentralized alternative to Twitter/X has struggled in the past with where to draw the line in terms of what users should moderate and when they should intervene.
Early on, Bluesky faced repeated criticism for mishandling moderation issues, including allowing usernames containing racial slurs to pass through its filters.
Additionally, Bluesky lost the support of an early supporter, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, when he responded to requests for moderation. In a recent interview, Dorsey explained why he resigned from the board, saying he felt the company was repeating Twitter's mistakes when Bluesky started kicking people off the service.
“This is not a truly decentralized protocol. It's another app,” he said of the decision.
Despite Dorsey's concerns, Bluesky has continued to put more tools in the hands of users, whether it's designing their own feeds, algorithms, moderation services, or now customizing the Discovery feed.
Meanwhile, while Bluesky's app remains the largest server running the decentralized AT protocol, the company recently launched a broader network, including blogging platform whtwnd.com, also built on the AT protocol (atproto for short). He noted that other efforts to build are underway. .
To date, Bluesky has grown to approximately 5.6 million users. The company recently said other big changes are in the works, including support for video, DM, better custom feeds and anti-harassment features, OAuth, and more.