Bluesky is quite unlike most other social media networks. You have a lot of control over who sees your posts and how they reply to them, plus you can block and mute users en masse and tweak moderation settings just so. If you're new to Bluesky, or if you've just been using the default settings, it's time to dig deeper into all the ways you can customize your experience.
Use starter packs to find people to follow
Credit: Khamosh PathakBut there are ways to get past this issue. Bluesky calls them Starter Packs, and anyone can create and share them. Starter Packs are essentially lists of profiles that you can follow with just one click. A website like Bluesky Starter Pack is a great place to discover these packs, since it lets you search and filter based on your interests or even which accounts are the most popular. Open a Starter Pack and click the Follow All button if you want to follow everyone in the list. Or, you can open a Starter Pick and pick and choose people to follow individually.
Find and pin feeds
Credit: Khamosh PathakBluesky has a few algorithmically generated feeds like Discover and Popular with Friends, but the vast majority of feeds are custom-made. You can search for any topic, and when you like what you see, you can click Pin Feed to add it to the top of your scrolling window. Then, all you need to do is tap or click on a pinned feed to swap to it.
Try AT Protocol apps like Flashes and Deck Blue
Credit: Pranay ParabThis means, yes, there is a TweetDeck alternative for Bluesky, in both a website form and as a Mac app (I prefer the Mac app, honestly). If you're more into photos, you can also try out Flashes or Pinksky, which recreate the Instagram experience by focusing on photos and videos.
Securely sign up for third-party apps using app passwords
Credit: Khamosh PathakGo to Settings > Privacy and Security > App Passwords > Add App Password to create a new app password. Make sure to give it a unique name, so you can easily find it. You can delete an app password using the Delete button next to the service name.
Choose who gets to reply to you, and how
Credit: Khamosh PathakGo to Settings > Moderation > Interaction Settings, and you'll find a plethora of options. You can open up replies to everyone, or you can even go nuclear and block anyone from replying to your posts.
While you're here, you can also disable the "Allow Quote Posts" feature, so others on the platform can't repost your posts directly on their pages.
Take control of your posts, even after they're in the wild
Credit: BlueskySimilarly, you can quickly hide replies to a post. Choose a reply, click the three-dots menu, and from here, you can choose to hide the reply for you, or for everyone. Note that this won't prevent people who can see your posts from screenshotting them to share as images.
Use community-created mute and block lists
Credit: Khamosh PathakBluesky has community lists to help you subscribe to new accounts, and also to block accounts en masse. You'll find many moderation lists for different types of posters online, either by searching on Bluesky or looking at third-party websites like ClearSky. This way, you can quickly block brands, grifters, or whoever else you might not want to see in one click. This is a great way to sort out at least the more infamous or nefarious profiles. To use a moderation list, open it, click Subscribe, and then choose either Mute accounts or Block accounts.
Follow any profile using RSS
Credit: Khamosh PathakRepeat this for as many profiles as you want, sort them in easy to access folders, and you can now read posts and links from your favorite Bluesky profiles right in your RSS reader, so you can easily mix them in with your articles and blogs.
Use your own domain name as your username
Credit: Khamosh PathakThis works through a form of simplified self-verification (though Bluesky now also offers a traditional verification system). You'll need access to your domain manager to pull it off.
Account > Handle and choose I have my own domain. Then, input your domain address. Bluesky will show you the DNS records that you need to update using your domain manager. Once that's done, click Verify DNS Record and wait for the handle to update automatically.
Post to Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon at the same time
Credit: Justin PotEven if you're on Bluesky, that doesn't mean you only have to use Bluesky. You can treat Bluesky as your home base, and still post your content to other networks like Threads and Mastodon at the same time, using an app like Croissant. It's a simple app that lets you connect your Bluesky, Threads, and Mastodon accounts all at once, taking advantage of their fediverse connectivity. You can then use Croissant to draft your posts, and send them out to all three networks at once. You can schedule posts, too, which is helpful if you're using Bluesky in a professional capacity. Croissant costs $2.99/month, or $19.99/year.
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