Decentralized social networks and Twitter rivals blue sky finally allows users to view posts on the platform without logging in. You still need an invitation to create an account and start posting, but you can read posts through a link.
The move will allow publishers to link to Bluesky’s posts and embed them in their blogs. Additionally, users can share them individually or in group chats.
Bluesky users can toggle their settings in the following ways: [設定]>[モデレーション]>[ログアウト時の公開設定] Prevent social networks from displaying posts to users who are logged out. However, this restriction only applies to his Bluesky’s website and its own app. The company said other third-party clients may not honor this switch and not display your posts. Therefore, if you don’t want to share your posts with more users, you should make your profile private.
Bluesky’s logout visibility settings apply to its own apps and websites Image credits: blue sky
In a blog post, the company’s CEO Jay Graeber also announced a new butterfly emoji logo, replacing the more common “clouds and blue sky” logo.
“We noticed early on that people were naturally using the butterfly emoji 🦋 to indicate their Bluesky handle,” Graber said. “We liked it and adopted it as it spread. This butterfly speaks to our mission to reinvent social media.”
This year, Bluesky released iOS and Android apps and reached 2 million users. The social network also rolled out various moderation tools after facing criticism over the type of content allowed on its platform. Bluesky is currently the only instance of the AT protocol, but aims to enable federation “early next year.” This means that there may be more servers and instances compatible with his Bluesky with their own rules.
Bluesky’s announcement comes at a time when Meta’s Threads has begun experimenting with ActivityPub integration. Following Meta’s announcement earlier this month, Instagram head Adam Mosseri and other everyone from thread team has started making your accounts and posts visible in Mastodon and other compatible apps.
Source: techcrunch.com
