{"id":652655,"date":"2025-02-07T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bluesky-will-soon-let-you-limit-replies-to-followers-only\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T18:25:16","slug":"bluesky-will-soon-let-you-limit-replies-to-followers-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bluesky-will-soon-let-you-limit-replies-to-followers-only\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bluesky will soon let you limit replies to ‘followers only’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Social<\/a> network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky developer Paul Frazee, Bluesky will add a new \u201cFollowers Only\u201d setting that users can configure to limit replies. In addition, he says, Bluesky will create a way for users to set their default reply settings. That means if you want to always limit your replies to followers only, for instance, you could. <\/p>\n

These changes will help to further differentiate the app<\/a> from its largest competitors, Elon Musk\u2019s X and Meta\u2019s Threads. <\/p>\n

On X, users can choose between a set of reply controls, including \u201cEveryone,\u201d \u201cAccounts you follow,\u201d \u201cVerified accounts,\u201d and \u201cOnly accounts you mention.\u201d You also can post to specific Communities you\u2019re a member of, which also limits their reach.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Threads, users can pick between \u201cAnyone,\u201d \u201cProfiles you follow,\u201d and \u201cMentioned only.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bluesky so far has adopted a similar set of settings as its rivals, allowing users to limit replies to their posts to \u201cEverybody,\u201d \u201cNobody,\u201d \u201cMentioned Users,\u201d and \u201cFollowed Users.\u201d (In addition, you can combine the latter two options with any lists you\u2019ve created.)<\/p>\n

Offering a \u201cfollowers only\u201d reply option is a new twist, and one that Frazee says could help make \u201cgoing viral less intense\u201d while also reducing \u201ccontext collapse.\u201d That refers to when a viral post expands its reach far beyond the original target audience, who may then misunderstand the post or be confused. <\/p>\n

The developer notes that the change will only limit who can respond to a post \u2014 it doesn\u2019t impact who can view it.<\/p>\n

A \u201cfollowers only\u201d reply option has been suggested by Bluesky users for some time. Frazee himself was discussing a followers option with a user back in December 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The underlying AT Protocol that powers Bluesky will also be upgraded to support the feature further down the road. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Social network Bluesky will soon give its users more control over who can reply to their posts. Confirmed by Bluesky developer Paul Frazee, Bluesky will add a new \u201cFollowers Only\u201d setting that users can configure to limit replies. In addition, he says, Bluesky will create a way for users to set their default reply settings….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":652656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bluesky-GettyImages-2185142051.jpg?resize=1200,800","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[5055,151568,31059,4976],"class_list":["post-652655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apps","tag-bluesky","tag-social","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}