Bluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed with new controls

Bluesky now allows users to personalize their main Discover feed. The social network is rolling out an updated version of its app that will allow users to provide feedback on its algorithmic feeds so they can use the “Show more like this” and “Show less like this” buttons in the post menu to make more It’s nice to customize what the algorithm displays.

The change will help Bluesky users create a schedule that takes into account their own preferences, rather than what the company thinks they should see. The feature is somewhat similar to X (formerly known as Twitter), which allows users to click the “Not interested in this post” option in their For You feed.

The new features add to an already powerful set of controls for configuring your Bluesky experience.

Unlike centralized social media platforms, Bluesky allows users to scroll their own custom feeds that others can subscribe to. These feeds may have different themes or algorithms than Bluesky’s own Discover feeds, giving you more ways to find interesting content across the web.

Best of all, the social network allows you to subscribe to multiple moderation services so you can decide which types of posts you want to see and which ones you want to hide. Users can also create and run their own independent auditing services using Bluesky’s tool Ozone.

By putting such control in the hands of users, Bluesky seeks to create a platform where policies and rules are not dictated by a handful of top executives but where users can craft their own experiences. Unfortunately, decentralized alternatives to Twitter/X have struggled in the past with what content users should moderate and when they need to step in.

In its early days, Bluesky was repeatedly criticized for its mishandling of moderation challenges, such as allowing racially charged usernames to pass through its filters.

Additionally, when Bluesky responded to moderation calls, it lost the support of early backer Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter. In a recent interview, Dorsey explained why he resigned from the board, saying he felt the company was repeating Twitter’s mistakes when Bluesky started kicking people off the service.

“This is not a truly decentralized protocol. This is another application,” he said of the decision.

Despite Dorsey’s concerns, Bluesky continues to offer more tools to users, whether that’s designing their own feeds, algorithms, moderation services, or now custom discovery feeds.

Meanwhile, while Bluesky’s app remains the largest server running its decentralized AT protocol, the company recently noted that other efforts are underway to build the broader network, including blogging platform whtwnd.com, also based on the AT protocol ( or atproto for short).

To date, Bluesky’s user base has grown to approximately 5.6 million. The company recently said other big changes are on the way, including support for video, DMs, better custom feeds and anti-harassment features, OAuth, and more.