Notes on Bluesky: Feeds
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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!