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We also have two safety tooling improvements rolling out now in the latest release (1.87):

📢 1.87 is rolling out now (2/4) Sometimes a thread gets too heated. Now you can lock a thread retroactively so that only the people you specify (or nobody!) can reply. Also: muting a thread now works more reliably.

Now you can use a starter pack to invite friends and colleagues to Bluesky! Some more details threaded 🧵

Today, we’re releasing starter packs — personalized invites that allow you to bring friends directly into your slice of Bluesky! 🚀 Update to version 1.87 of the app or refresh desktop to create a starter pack. (It may take a moment for version 1.87 to appear in the iOS App/Google Play stores.)

In the latest app update, we added the ability to temporarily deactivate your account. This will hide your profile and posts but keep your handle reserved. Take a breather for as long as you need to! Read more about how account deactivation works on Bluesky: 🧵 /1

Direct Messages (DMs) are now available on Bluesky! Learn more about the built-in safety features and how to use them 🧵:

Now available: DMs! Start a private conversation with a friend directly on Bluesky within the Chat tab. 💬 Update to the latest version of the app (1.83) or refresh on desktop to start chatting!

1/4 📸 We want to share an important update about image labeling on Bluesky. Every image posted is initially reviewed by an automated system that checks for adult content, graphic imagery, and more. The system then applies labels to flag sensitive content, which human moderators can review.

Bluesky is built to give users control over their social spaces online. Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets users collaboratively inspect and label content on the network. Later this week, we’re opening up the ability for users to run their own independent moderation services.

Bluesky’s Stackable Approach to Moderation - Blueskybsky.social Today, we’re open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets a team of moderators or curators collaboratively review reports, create labels, and inspect content on the atproto network. Later this week, we’re op...

Today, we’re excited to announce Bluesky’s Head of Trust and Safety. Aaron Rodericks, who has over a decade of experience in defending platforms at global scale, is leading our moderation team in cultivating a healthy space for public conversation on Bluesky. Learn more:

Bluesky announces Aaron Rodericks as Head of Trust and Safetywww.prweb.com /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bluesky, the open social network, has appointed Aaron Rodericks as its new Head of Trust and Safety. Rodericks brings over a decade of...

Safety is core to social media. Transparency is essential to building trust in moderation efforts, and the data we are providing here is a first step towards full transparency reports. We hope this provides some visibility, and we intend to deliver more granular data and reporting in the future.

Bluesky 2023 Moderation Reportblueskyweb.xyz We have hired and trained a full-time team of moderators, launched and iterated on several community and individual moderation features, developed and refined policies both public and internal, design...

Recap thread of some recently released features 🧵: • Thread reply controls • Logged-out Visibility • Hide posts

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📢 1.57 Logged-out visibility Next week the Bluesky app and website will enable logged-out viewing. If you dont want Bluesky to show your content, you can select this new option in the Moderation screen. Remember Bluesky is a public network. This setting only adds friction to seeing your posts. 3/4

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📢 1.57 Thread Reply Controls When you compose a post, you can now choose who is allowed to reply to your posts. Options include nobody, mentioned users, followed users, and members of lists you’ve created. 2/4

We're stepping up enforcement of the Community Guidelines against spam and automated unsolicited interactions on Bluesky, such as bulk follow/unfollow and other forms of engagement farming. Details threaded: 🧵

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We previously shared that we’re releasing a public web view soon so that you can view Bluesky posts without being logged in. The upcoming release will not have the public web view enabled yet, but it will have a tool to opt out of it. More details in this thread 🧵

Exciting news: We’re taking another step to making Bluesky an open network for public conversations. Around the end of this month, we’ll release a public web interface. With this, you’ll be able to view posts on Bluesky without being logged in on an account.

We’ve been working on some new safety tooling — here’s a status report on what you can expect soon and what we’ve recently released: 🧵

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As a reminder, Bluesky is a public social network, so your posts, likes, etc. have always been publicly accessible through the API. We designed Bluesky with the openness of the internet in mind. You can think of your profile as a blog on the internet. For more on data privacy, read our user FAQ:

Bluesky User FAQblueskyweb.xyz Welcome to the Bluesky beta app! This is a user guide that answers some common questions.

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We're rolling out email verification in the latest Bluesky app release (1.52), as part of a larger effort to improve account security and authentication on the network. Update and verify your email in Settings. In the coming days, you'll also receive an in-app prompt to verify your email.

Update: App Passwords no longer have access to your invite codes, to ensure that third-party tools cannot claim your invite codes without your awareness. Please only login to third-party tools that you trust, and always use an App Password (a temporary solution until we implement OAuth). 🧵

Let’s talk about how we use invite trees to track spam bots on Bluesky 🧵:

Be wary of offers of Bluesky invites for sale posted here or on other platforms! We highly discourage invite sales and can’t verify their authenticity.

Starting in Version 1.46, users can submit reports for lists.

Update your app to Version 1.44 to now attach content warnings to your own post. More information in the below post:

With self-labeling, you can now attach content warnings to your posts. We’ve started with the NSFW categories, but will expand them over time. Press the “!” shield icon in the composer to add a label to your post.

Tip: You can enable adult content in Moderation > Content Filtering via the desktop app at https://bsky.app/. (You can't change this directly in mobile due to a restriction from the App Store.) We're also working on improving syncing for your content filtering preferences between mobile & desktop.

Spam lowers the quality of conversation for everyone on the network. We may label posts or accounts as spam, take down the accounts, and/or disable invites to that account’s tree to proactively prevent platform manipulation. Here are some spammy behaviors to avoid:

On July 12, an incident led to the implementation of a combined automated and human filtering system for user handles. This letter to the community describes what happened and what we’re going to do moving forward: https://blueskyweb.xyz/reports/2023-07-22-letter

2023-07-22 Letter to the Communityblueskyweb.xyz

Welcome to the Bluesky Safety account! We’ll use this to share more information about how we’re handling trust and safety on Bluesky.

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