Tuesday, 05 November, 2024

Bluesky now lets you send DMs


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Bluesky will nowĀ let you send a direct messageĀ to other users. For now, you can only send messages containing text, but Bluesky is working on adding support for images and videos.

To send a DM, select the chat icon at the bottom of your screen on mobile or hit the chat bubble in your sidebar on desktop. Once you create a new chat, search for the user you want to talk to, write your message, and hit send. Just keep in mind that DMs on Bluesky arenā€™t end-to-end encrypted just yet, but the platform plans on supporting it in the future.

Photo Credit: Bluesky (Instagram)

Bluesky lets anyone you follow message you by default. However, you can change this by heading to the platformā€™s settings menu and choosing ā€œEveryone,ā€ ā€œNo one,ā€ or ā€œUsers I follow.ā€ You can also choose whether to enable or disable message notification sounds.

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Bluesky will let you report DMs and block users from within your messages. Blocked users wonā€™t be able to DM you, but muted ones can. The platform notes that the Bluesky moderation team ā€œmay need to open your DMs to investigate broader patterns of abuse, such as spam or coordinated harassment,ā€ but ā€œaccess is extremely limited and tracked internally.ā€

Bluesky has been gradually adding new features since it dropped its invite system in February. The company started letting users host their own servers and even open-sourced its content moderation tool. There are some other features on the roadmap, too, including 90-second videos, improved anti-harassment tools, group DMs, and more.


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