Notes on Bluesky: Feeds
I’ll admit, when I first joined Bluesky I didn’t give too much thought to the idea of custom feeds. But now I can’t see myself going back.
One problem of a user network like Twitter or Tiktok growing is sifting through the noise and finding meaningful content.
On Twitter, we were forced to choose between THE ALGORITHM, or a reverse chronological timeline of everyone we follow.
To restate that: we were forced to choose between an algorithm that propped up rage-bait and stupid shit that led to people bickering and dunking on one another, or a time sensitive feed cluttered by That One Person Who Posts 1,000 Tweets Every Day.
Custom feeds that you can subscribe to completely sidestep these issues. Here are some I enjoy:
Follower-based
OnlyPosts
Only posts from people you follow without reposts and replies.
Mutuals
Posts from people who follow you back.
The ‘Gram’
Only pictures posted by people you follow.
Discovery
Catch Up
The most popular posts in the last 24 hours.
Likes of Likes
A discovery feed of liked posts by the people whose posts you liked. There’s also the default Discover feed, made by the bluesky team.
Niches - language, emoji, tag, and/or keyword-based
Filmsky
A feed for film discussion, showing posts that have the film projector emoji 📽️.
FGCSKY
A feed for fighting games discussion, drawing on specific keywords, tags, and the 💪🕹️ emoji.
Brasil Supercluster
Posts from people in the Brasil Supercluster.
There are so many feeds - find one that suits your tastes at bsky.app/feeds!