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Bluesky Rolls Out Granular Notification Controls and Profile-Level Activity Alerts

New settings let users pick who triggers notifications for replies, reposts or likes, with bell-icon alerts providing live updates from chosen profiles.

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Screenshot of The Verge’s official account on Bluesky showing the new notification setting toggle with a bell icon.
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Overview

  • Users can choose to receive notifications from everyone, only accounts they follow or no one for each interaction type including replies, mentions, likes, reposts and new followers.
  • A bell icon on any profile enables Activity Notifications for all new posts or posts plus replies from that account.
  • Notifications now cover when someone likes or reposts a reshared post to help content curators track engagement.
  • Account owners can disable activity notifications entirely or restrict them to followers to maintain control over alerts.
  • The overhaul aligns Bluesky’s notification suite with features on X and Threads to attract news outlets, sports reporters and content curators.