Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 38.7M users300K starter packs, 100K feeds & 280K lists New Bluesky App Features! Summer is over and the Bluesky team seems rested and ready to start cranking out app updates. This week, they pushed v1.107 with some cool features: Add image and video actions consolidated into one button "Show more" and "Show less" in custom feeds Add people directly to a starter pack from their profile And an enticing teaser: "We've got another release...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 38.6M users Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky Ars Technica reports that Bluesky is now the platform of choice for the science community. Bluesky now platform of choice for science community What kind of engagement do you get? Bluesky COO Rose posted about the engagement that The Guardian is getting on posts compared to Threads. Bluesky Directory is Growing! Some data points: This week, the newsletter passed 2,900 subscribers. Tell your...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 38.4M users Starter Packs 300K+ Browse → Feeds 90K+ Browse → Lists 230K+ Browse → In Mississippi? No Bluesky for You! Feeds lit up on Friday when Bluesky blocked all users with IP addresses in the US state of Mississippi. The action was in response to the US Supreme Court upholding a lower court ruling to allow Mississippi's Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act to take efect while the law makes its way through the courts. In...
25 days ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 38.2M users Starter Packs 300K+ Browse → Feeds 90K+ Browse → Lists 230K+ Browse → Bluesky Posts Updated Policies and Community Guidelines for Public Comment Bluesky has posted updated Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Copyright Policy, as well as draft Community Guidelines. According to a blog post, the changes are needed "to reflect new legal requirements and give users more control in case of disagreements." (Author, activist, and...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 38.1M users Starter Packs 300K+ Browse → Feeds 90K+ Browse → Lists 230K+ Browse → Over 38M Accounts Despite recently passing 38M accounts on AT/Bluesky, there are still concerns about the level of activity on the platform. Growth isn't a straight line, and we will see ebbs and flows as new user discover, and later discover it again 😀. The summer in the US is typically a low activity time on all platforms, so we shouldn't be surprised to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 37.9M users Starter Packs 300K+ Browse → Feeds 90K+ Browse → Lists 230K+ Browse → Germ adds ATProto support Germ, an encrypted messaging app for iOS, announced the beta availability of it ATProtocol support. ATProto lets us meet and discover, but real connections form in private. As Bluesky becomes a thriving home for new friends, real conversations, and grassroots movements, Germ DM lets people turn new connections into real...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 37.6M users Starter Packs 295K+ Browse → Feeds 85K+ Browse → Lists 200K+ Browse → Surf Custom Feeds Are Discoverable on Bluesky Directory This week, we announced, in collaboration with Flipboard, that custom feeds created in the Surf app are now discoverable on Bluesky Directory, opening up hundreds of curated feeds to the broader Bluesky community. Custom feeds represent a significant and welcome change to the way people experience...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 37.4M users Starter Packs 295K+ Browse → Feeds 85K+ Browse → Lists 200K+ Browse → Bluesky & Sports Despite the apparent lack of interest from the NFL (NFL teams can’t use Bluesky), Bluesky appears to making sports a priority. Recent releases from Bluesky all appear to highlight new features using sporting themed accounts (notifications, live.) Most recently, we got news from Kickback Soccer, who aims to make Bluesky the Hub for Soccer...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Bluesky Directory Newsletter Bluesky currently has over 37.2M users Starter Packs 295K+ Browse → Feeds 85K+ Browse → Lists 200K+ Browse → More Control Over Notifications The latest version of Bluesky enhances notifications on the platform: Activity Notifications: Opt-in to receive push notifications from specific accounts. Enhanced Notification Settings: Controls to fine tune which notifications you receive. Repost Notifications: Receive notifications when someone likes or reposts posts...
2 months ago • 1 min read
