Overview
- Bluesky says a private dislikes beta will roll out soon to tune Discover and other feeds, with a light influence on how replies are ranked.
- Experiments in social‑proximity ranking will prioritize replies from accounts closer to each user's “neighborhood” to make threads feel more familiar.
- A new model will down‑rank replies deemed toxic, spammy, off‑topic or in bad faith across reply threads, search results and notifications.
- Tapping Reply on top‑level posts now opens the full thread before the composer, and the reply‑settings interface is being refreshed for easier control.
- Some commentators caution that social‑neighborhood ranking could deepen filter bubbles and deflect broader moderation concerns.