1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links 2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands 3. The whole app is open source This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site. We 💙 the open web.

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.

Too much arguing on here this week what are your all time bangers (complimentary) of bluesky?

I watched this year’s Emmys through Bluesky instead of in real life and I don’t regret it, that was juuust enough knowledge for me

Bluesky's chief operating officer, @rose.bsky.team, tells The Times the platform is going strong but engagement is more important than user numbers or monetising

Almost all of the top Bluesky links on Reddit over the past week have been sports posts - happy first weekend of the NFL season folks www.reddit.com/domain/bsky....

People are talking about Bluesky! From data analyzed between Jan 1 — Aug 18, 2025, we captured 85.5% of share of voice across social, digital, and traditional media, according to Meltwater. This is what death looks like 💀

Noticing that sports Bluesky keeps getting better...

I underestimated how much I'd like having saved posts.

I think it's underappreciated that this site goes "we know you all came up with your own solution to things we don't have, and now that we have an official version we're working with your solution to combine the two"

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

Quick Tip: You can control who replies to your post on Bluesky. Just tap the 🌐 icon on your post to choose: everyone, followers, people you follow, mentioned users - or turn off replies entirely ✨

We should have a Bluesky main character of the day that everyone is nice to, just pick someone and shower them with appreciation.

what’s the most unhinged VMAs moment of all time?

Oh man, Bluesky allows posting your own gifs now. Fucking. Gamechanger.

A very nice lady at the grocery store today asked me if I was Hank Green “from Bluesky” 😳

as we prepare for the season opener tonight (go birds), i wrote about really enjoying NFL Bluesky and how we kinda sorta mostly have @minakimes.bsky.social to thank mashable.com/article/nfl-...

In honor of the season starting today, I’ve updated my NFL STARTER PACK. Even if you already subscribe, re-subscribe bc there are a ton of new names—beat reporters, bloggers, and great posters. Please share here and everywhere! bsky.app/start/did:pl...

my bluesky

Bluesky loves links — we don’t downrank or deprioritize posts with links in them, and as a result they get higher traffic, so lots of people post them.

📢 v1.107 is rolling out now! We've done what was previously thought to be impossible: you can now add image or videos to your post using one magical button. Just one step in making posting simpler and more enjoyable.

From a Twitter research project to an independent rival — Bluesky’s journey under CEO Jay Graber shows how a decentralized, user-first platform gained millions users by prioritizing control & openness in social media. A true alternative in a billionaire-dominated space. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/b...

the mutuals feed kinda pops off

✨FEATURED FEED: Catch Up ✨ Want to see what everyone’s talking about? The Catch Up feed shows you the most popular posts from the last 24 hours.

Quick Tip: Did you know you can hide posts by keywords? Under Settings → Moderation → Muted Words & Tags, set keywords you never want to see. Perfect for avoiding spoilers! 🙈

Millions of followers ≠ engagement. @theguardian.com has 1.4m followers on Threads with almost no engagement. On Bluesky, links can get 3–4x more clicks than likes. The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”

If we added in-line translation, how many of you would use it? Pls comment w your emoji of choice 🧚‍♀️ bc likes are not indicative enough of want

(1/9) Sharing some thoughts on the recent age assurance regulation discussions across the world…

"If we want to protect children, we should be fighting for privacy laws, protecting encryption, and learning from Bluesky's model, where they allow third party algorithmic feeds and moderation tools."

I hate this status update, but I need to give it: We are working to deploy an update to our location detection that we hope will solve some inaccuracies. It should roll out in the next couple hours.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Alex is awesome. I thought it would be hard to hand off product responsibilities, but it was the exact opposite. He's an incredibly empathetic leader with great vision for what to do with the app. I'm so happy he's joined us.

Feel free to join the officially unofficial Bluesky FPL mini-league using the code: nnyjq0 I have 8 months to think of a good prize for the winner. May spin up a little custom feed of participants too.

hi Bluesky! 🦋 i’ve been chosen as the new head of product here at Bluesky HQ! and i couldn’t be more excited to hack with this incredibly talented team on making this site better for everyone.

We want to foster a vibrant, evolving community that respects individual preferences and adapts to your changing needs. Our new guidelines follow 3 principles: 1. Empower user choice 2. Cultivate a welcoming environment 3. Evolve with feedback We take seriously our responsibility to Bluesky users

translation button on Android works again!

In the coming weeks, we're asking for feedback on our Community Guidelines. Your input will help ensure our Guidelines serve our users and are ready to support Bluesky's future. To learn how to contribute, check out our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

📢 1.106.0 is rolling out with various bug fixes and performance improvements. Users will also be notified of an update to our Community Guidelines and other policies. Learn more about these changes in our blog post: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Welp, we made it girls

Want a quick way to track the buzz around Taylor Swift’s new album #TS12 or follow the upcoming Premier League season? Independent developers like @graze.social and @blueskyfeedcreator.com make it easy to build your own custom feeds so you can follow exactly what you care about 🧡

A big reason I prefer BlueSky over other social media platforms is its moderation system 🛡️. Although other platforms have moderation tools, BlueSky’s approach is far more effective and reliable. That’s why it remains my favorite 💙 @bsky.app Thank you so much for giving us such a wonderful platform 💙

drop your best book recs 📚💙

We can do it everybody www.avibagla.com/blueskydicti...

my bluesky experience in a nutshell. didn’t expect the switch to amount to much, honestly, but now it’s my main app of choice; with genuine, kind people i’m happy to call friends.

38M! 🎉

and you can add as many links as you want with deck.blue by using the [text](link) syntax without wasting your 300 characters!

✨FEATURED FEED: 📌 ✨ Want to save a post for later? Subscribe to the Pin feed, reply 📌 to bookmark a post, and you can find it later in your Pin feed!

Check out the colossal array of great Murphs in the replies.