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Bluesky now has a mentions tab in your notifications area
Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform. Speaking of replies, update 1.96 lets you easily access settings that let you control how replies on posts appear to you.…
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How I Use My RSS Feed for Bluesky and Mastodon
It’s understandable if you’re a little burnt out on social media at the moment. I put off setting up a Bluesky account for years, mostly because I didn’t want yet another service to think about. At the same time, though, a lot of interesting people have shifted their posting to alternative sites like Bluesky account. The good news: you can…
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The Best Bluesky Clients Are Actually Made for Mastadon
Back when Twitter existed, I loved a Mac application called TweetBot. This was a desktop client that offered a streamlined interface, great keyboard shortcuts, and was just overall less ugly than using Twitter in a browser. Bluesky is growing very quickly now, but there aren’t any really great Bluesky clients for the desktop. Sure, we’ve pointed out a few third-party…
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Here’s What a Paid Bluesky Subscription Might Look Like
Bluesky has a lot going for it right now. One of those perks is the site is entirely free to join and use. There’s nothing locked behind a paywall that separates paying users from others: What you see is what you get. However, the times may be a-changin’. As reported by TechCrunch, Bluesky is actively working on a subscription model…
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Free Lunch Is Over: Bluesky Premium Features Leak with $8 Monthly Fee
Bluesky has been seeing a surge in its user base over the past few months. They can thank the backlash X (formerly Twitter) faced for changing its policies, which pushed people to jump ships. Now with over 24 million users, Bluesky is planning to introduce a premium subscription. Early mockups showing a features list are already available, giving us a…
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The 7 Settings I Tweaked First When Moving to Bluesky From X
I’ve been a Twitter (now X) user for almost a decade, but I recently installed Bluesky on my device, and I think it’s going to be my next X. While most of Bluesky’s default settings are fine, there are seven options I recommend you change right away if you make the switch. 1 Change the Dark Mode Settings By default,…
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‘Sill’ Is the Best Way to Read Bluesky and Mastadon Links
I scroll through my Bluesky and Mastodon feeds every day and I sometimes grow tired of reading other people’s musings and opinions on everything. Some days, I just want to catch up on just the useful links in my timeline and Sill is a new tool that lets me do just that—you can think of Sill as an RSS feed…
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10+ tips and services for new Bluesky users – Computerworld
But what if you want to turn a Starter Pack into a list, so you can create your own window to follow? You can! Just use the Pack2List web app, where you can paste the URL of that Starter Pack and choose to follow it as a list. That means that all the content in one of those Starter Packs can be…
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Threads Is Trying to Make Itself More Like Bluesky
Bluesky is certainly having a moment. The platform now has over 21 million users, and those users are active: posting, sharing, following new accounts, and creating starter packs for other users to join, too. Meta is, no doubt, seeing this success, and wants a piece of it for its similar platform, Threads. While Threads has way more users at the…
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Now BlueSky hit with crypto scams as it crosses 20 million users
As many more users are flocking to BlueSky from social media platforms like X/Twitter, so are threat actors. BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week. It didn’t take long Over the past few years, X/Twitter has become the hotbed of scammers from those targeting banking customers…
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