Bluesky has a new setting to help you avoid accidentally going viral

Bluesky has a new setting to help you avoid accidentally going viral The setting will prevent your posts from being recommended in the algorithmic "discover" feed. Bluesky is adding a new feature that could be especially useful for anyone worried about inadvertently becoming a "main character." The app introduced a new privacy setting that allows users to prevent their posts from being shown to non-followers in the algorithmic "discover" feed. The new tool, which is available in the app's privacy settings, is an account-level control not a per-post filter. So enabling the setting will prevent all your posts from being shown in discover to people that don't already follow you. The feature won't, however, make your posts entirely private or undiscoverable. Bluesky, unlike X and other platforms, doesn't allow people to have private accounts. And even if you check the new "ask apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations" box, there's still a chance that your posts could appear in other algorithmically curated feeds or services that use its AT Protocol. At the same time, Bluesky's Discover feed is still one of the main places users find posts from accounts they don't follow. And, as the company alludes to, that can occasionally come with unintended consequences if you go viral without meaning to. So being able to limit your visibility there could be a useful tool for people worried their bad takes might be taken out of context. While it seems unlikely Bluesky will ever support fully private accounts, it sounds like the company could add more privacy-protecting features. It said the change is "one of a few updates we're working on to give you more control over your experience and help you find your people." [Image text:] 9:41 Privacy and Security Two-factor authentication (2FA) Enable C App passwords Allow others get notified of your posts No one QAsk apps to hide my posts from algorithmic recommendations On Bluesky, this means your posts will only appear in the Discover feed to people who follow you. Other apps can choose to use this preference in their own algorithmic recommendations. Ask apps and sites not to show my account to logged-out users Bluesky will not show your account to logged-out users and will ask other apps to do the same.Other apps may not honor this request.It doesn't make your account private. Hide your posts from non-followers in Discover