I probably shouldn't put it this way, but uh the "hide reply for everyone" button feels great to press. You decide what your posts are a platform for
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I block accounts that don’t let me reply. Keeps annoyances out of my feed.
aug 29, 2025, 3:04 am • 3 0 • view
Same.
aug 29, 2025, 11:59 am • 0 0 • view
Akshually...
aug 29, 2025, 12:01 am • 1 0 • view
I felt that power for the first time yesterday, and it made me very happy
aug 28, 2025, 10:53 pm • 11 0 • view
but then can we get something other than :heart: likes? not only one asking, I've seen it mentioned often a single byte can hold 255 options (0=off, 1=heart) why not put top 255 emoticon options in there? or at least top 10 :heart: :shock: :horrified: :angry: :sad: etc. 32bit could future-proof
aug 29, 2025, 12:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I can see how this would be useful for some. But I want to figure out how to stop pressing the "hide post for almost everyone" when I write something on my timeline.
aug 29, 2025, 1:24 am • 0 0 • view
What it feels like
aug 29, 2025, 2:33 am • 0 0 • view
I do like the feature, but wish those posts wouldn't show up on Discovery, when I don't follow those people Like, "cool... I can't really engage with this, so why is it here for me" If they can fix that, I'd like the feature even more
aug 29, 2025, 4:28 am • 5 0 • view
I feel bad, cause I've complained about it in the past, thinking it was users being weird & shitty, but I didn't know it was BlueSky being weird, by massively sharing, what was basically supposed to be more private So, I was the asshole in the past, cause I didn't know BlueSky was being the dumb
aug 29, 2025, 6:09 am • 2 0 • view
But, but, but... 'Everybody can reply to this post.'
aug 29, 2025, 12:46 am • 2 0 • view
But what if you've got really shit takes? Should that be above scrutiny? I don't know you or your opinions on any subject, but for ex., @radiofreetom.bsky.social uses this feature so he can put out shit takes that go unchallenged, like "why did you make republicans do this, Dems?"
aug 29, 2025, 2:17 am • 3 0 • view
I might be weird but it feels somewhat 'anti-social'. What do I know? Perhaps there is a place for important people to raise a billboard in a commons where everyone else is discussing issues. As long as it isn't a Cracker Barrel billboard :)
aug 29, 2025, 1:45 am • 2 0 • view
If someone is being a rancid asshole you block them. You don't invite the cousin who takes a shit directly into the crockpot in full view of the whole family back to the cookout, why would you let people be assholes for the whole world to see? Fuck'em, they get hidden or blocked.
aug 29, 2025, 2:08 am • 4 0 • view
You don’t need to hear every rambling opinion from me! Ok to filter!
aug 29, 2025, 12:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Agreed. Now if we only had a "hide reply only for Paul and @jcsalterego.bsky.social" then we'd really be cookin' with gas.
aug 28, 2025, 11:01 pm • 9 0 • view
Seriously though this is really great functionality, much appreciated!
aug 28, 2025, 11:03 pm • 4 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 12:59 am • 0 0 • view
Maybe but it also makes other people who can’t reply feel like they’re standing in a room of people talking and they go to speak and suddenly can’t say anything. It can be slightly offensive and maybe depressing for some. In my view, the algorithms shouldn’t show me something if I can’t respond.
aug 29, 2025, 2:48 am • 3 1 • view
What do we have to do to get out replies hidden? :) Here, let me try.... 😂
aug 29, 2025, 1:23 am • 0 0 • view
You all need to get some of this X garbage off here is what you all need to do. I've already stopped posting and am really ready to delete my account. You're allowing absolute GARBAGE to stay on here despite REPEATED REPORTS and trashing decent posters' accounts. What is up, XII?
aug 29, 2025, 1:41 am • 0 0 • view
So's the "mute account," which I push every time I see a post I cannot comment on.
aug 29, 2025, 1:25 pm • 3 0 • view
Power to the users is great! Even if I am one of those people that mostly reads and replies to other people’s posts 😀
aug 29, 2025, 12:03 am • 1 0 • view
When can we send static shocks to the phones who hey wait don’t push me out again COME ON
aug 29, 2025, 12:54 am • 5 0 • view
Just imagine if Tom could just remove followers rather than have to block a whole slew of people who annoy or harass him. I am sure he'd be ok with them reading his words as long as they couldn't comment crp on his posts. I really don't understand why Bluesky prefers this angle.
aug 29, 2025, 1:31 pm • 0 0 • view
Would be amazing to have a mutual-only reply 😉
aug 29, 2025, 3:41 am • 1 0 • view
That’s a thing you can do already! You can restrict your posts to only allow comments from folks you follow/who follow you
aug 29, 2025, 6:46 am • 1 0 • view
I know, it’s not mutuals-only though.
aug 29, 2025, 9:47 am • 0 0 • view
Technically, but you have the veto by restricting to people you follow and deciding who you follow.
aug 29, 2025, 10:58 am • 0 0 • view
Ah true You could always make a list of your mutuals and then set the reply option to be only for members of the list!
aug 29, 2025, 10:12 am • 1 0 • view
Doesn't this eliminate the prospect of discussion? If people just drop a bombshell & block everyone from responding in any way? It makes me wish for an option to block anyone who blocks all responses. I'm here for discussions.
aug 30, 2025, 12:09 am • 1 0 • view
Reply to deeznutz
aug 29, 2025, 3:33 am • 0 0 • view
I wish we had that when we respond to a post too.
aug 28, 2025, 11:06 pm • 2 0 • view
Unless I’m overlooking something about how posts are children of a parent post (just an extra value in the metadata) there is no reason that could not be implemented. The hide list on a child post would be no different than the one on a parent.
aug 28, 2025, 11:28 pm • 1 0 • view
Only catch is the appview would have to check for hides on *every* reply with replies, which might be why it does not. Or could it? Maybe only check when you view all replies to a reply? Threaded view might occasionally show a hidden grandchild but not always.
aug 28, 2025, 11:28 pm • 0 0 • view
It wasn't a technical constraint, we did it intentionally. Our logic is that OP is the one with jurisdiction over the thread
aug 28, 2025, 11:34 pm • 23 0 • view
thread dictatorship
aug 28, 2025, 11:49 pm • 2 0 • view
pretty much yeah
aug 28, 2025, 11:52 pm • 2 0 • view
it's okay, i support those kinds of dictators
aug 28, 2025, 11:56 pm • 1 0 • view
IMO that is the only way to do it. It’s your post, you control who has a say downthread. If someone thinks you’re being despotic about it they can just unfollow or block you, no big loss you probably wouldn’t have liked them anyway.
aug 28, 2025, 11:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I do like that constraint, and I agree.
aug 28, 2025, 11:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Like, "you thought you had a point, asshole. Nope. Nobody sees it"
aug 29, 2025, 3:52 am • 0 0 • view
It says you want to be heard but refuse to hear others. People who abuse the feature get muted.
aug 28, 2025, 11:16 pm • 7 0 • view
It says that sometimes replies are off topic, toxic, spammy, or otherwise in bad faith, and that it's good to have tools to deal with that
aug 28, 2025, 11:20 pm • 35 0 • view
Add the nudge button from MSN messenger thanks
aug 29, 2025, 1:54 am • 0 0 • view
You do you, but every time I notice someone has shown up on my feed with replies disabled, they get muted or blocked. Don't want that junk in my feed and Bluesky provides no other way to remove it, so mute or block it is.
aug 29, 2025, 12:45 am • 4 0 • view
Being able to curate your own space. Remove the bad vibes and banish people who are trying to be mean or rude to you into a void so dark not even ban evasion can really get around it. Is very good.
aug 29, 2025, 1:20 pm • 1 0 • view
Ikr?
aug 29, 2025, 2:16 am • 0 0 • view
I usually mute people who use it If you don't want to be in the town square, stay home and invite friends over
aug 28, 2025, 10:54 pm • 19 0 • view
Albeit even the “town square” metaphor is a misleading shorthand that ignores that the reality of discussion in the historical, physical town square. Which was absolutely moderated by both the crowds and the authorities.
aug 29, 2025, 9:29 am • 0 0 • view
"moderated by both the crowds and the authorities" So, the same.
aug 29, 2025, 9:42 am • 0 0 • view
I was meaning it from the perspective of how the “town square” term is often used as a criticism of moderation, either at a platform or individual level. As if to mean a town square was a place where all views and discussion were permitted without restriction or pushback. Which was never the case.
aug 29, 2025, 9:47 am • 0 0 • view
So I used it correctly then ...
aug 29, 2025, 9:54 am • 0 0 • view
No, I don’t think so. Happy to hold a different opinion though.
aug 29, 2025, 10:21 am • 0 0 • view
Well go away.
aug 29, 2025, 10:45 am • 0 0 • view
How mature.
aug 29, 2025, 11:03 am • 1 0 • view
It’s pleasant for the person using it but annoying for anyone reading their post
aug 28, 2025, 10:59 pm • 5 0 • view
Same. It is annoying to read something topical then be told oh, sorry, you don't have comment privileges. Don't want to see this kind of thing in my feed.
aug 28, 2025, 11:20 pm • 2 0 • view
That’s not what this is about. Its about hiding a comment so nobody can see it. It’s not about people restricting commenting, which is also a valid way to control your comments.
aug 29, 2025, 3:44 am • 4 0 • view
Yeah someone elese clarified that for me
aug 29, 2025, 3:46 am • 0 0 • view
This is actually about hiding replies that have already been made. But I’m also a lil bummed when I see a post that’s restricted replies that I could’ve had a reply to. I blame the shitty repliers though not the people using the feature.
aug 28, 2025, 11:22 pm • 12 0 • view
Oh right I misunderstood
aug 28, 2025, 11:41 pm • 4 0 • view
Was just discussing this with someone today. 100% accurate
aug 28, 2025, 11:06 pm • 6 0 • view
Yep. There are some unsettling folks out there, I'm afraid to say.
aug 29, 2025, 12:02 am • 4 0 • view
Nice echo chamber you got there
aug 29, 2025, 4:32 am • 2 0 • view
So like, if someone commented a slur on someone's post... are you saying the original poster shouldn't have the right to hide that post from everyone? Or...? Genuinely asking.
aug 29, 2025, 9:56 am • 0 0 • view
Yes, censorship is a building block of totalitarism. I'm happy to discourage even the smallest deplatforming because it normalise behaviour which can be used as justification for denial of freedom of speech
aug 29, 2025, 3:03 pm • 0 1 • view
That's great and all, I understand the stance regarding censorship but I see it more from a government standpoint. The government itself shouldn't be the one to outright make it hell on everyone with expression and the like. With something like this, where it's at the control of the poster. I feel+
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
it feels more justified because you are allowed (for yourself and your followers) what you want and don't want. If that's not something that people vibe with, then unfollow and move on. It should be left to individuals to decide what they want and don't want to see. It's kind of why we have the +
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
option for "muted words" because it's not something you want to see. It's self-censorship in its own way and it's on a much smaller scale compared to what the government and major corporations (i.e. YouTube, the UK, Visa etc) are currently doing because of how it affects the already adult masses +
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
and not really being much help for the ones that they claim to be "actually protecting." It's all control for the larger companies. I feel like it's much different when it's something like this, I personally don't see what the issue is but I feel like you provided a reasonable and justified answer +
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
that we can agree to disagree on in a civil manner.
aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
Why would you hide your reply from everybody?
aug 28, 2025, 11:37 pm • 2 0 • view
Agreed, if you didn't want the subject discussed why publicly post it? Though I can see it if you're a crappy restaurant and announced 'Hey we're changing our logo!' You might not want to read the replies.
aug 29, 2025, 12:06 am • 3 0 • view
I just meant - if you hide your post, then nobody can see it! But you'll definitely get no replies 😉
aug 29, 2025, 12:08 am • 1 0 • view
but wait... you didn't do that here
aug 28, 2025, 11:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Thank you. It is saving my composure and keeping me positive about this place.
aug 29, 2025, 4:05 am • 0 0 • view
A personal favorite.
aug 28, 2025, 10:53 pm • 2 0 • view
Maybe a middle way would be better: it hides the reply but users see "reply hidden by OP" and cad still read it if they're interested. @bsky.app
aug 29, 2025, 2:56 am • 1 0 • view
It’s one of the best features yall rolled out tbh
aug 29, 2025, 3:40 am • 1 0 • view
When you get drafts, I'll start caring again.
aug 29, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
Self care (hide for me) is great, but caring for others (hide for everyone) just feels good
aug 29, 2025, 4:08 am • 3 0 • view
It’s fine. Much better than the “only followers can reply” which is one of the limiting factors of this burgeoning platform. The idea that everyone has found all the people they want to engage with is absurd and it prevents network effects / true vitality of posts.
aug 29, 2025, 12:42 am • 2 0 • view
Part of the magic of the other place was how sometimes it seemed like the whole platform was having a conversation because of a single tweet and not because of the chain mail “ruin a book by adding tom Clancy” prompt stuff that happens here.
aug 29, 2025, 12:42 am • 0 0 • view
Does this feature actually fully hide the comment from everyone like the nuclear block does? Or does it just push it to the bottom where if you click to see more anyone can still view it?
aug 29, 2025, 12:11 am • 1 0 • view
(This was a real question btw if anyone has an answer 😭 I know people like to give mods snark but I was genuinely curious!)
aug 29, 2025, 5:02 am • 0 0 • view
Stop showing me my own reskeets in my feed, dude
aug 29, 2025, 1:57 am • 0 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 5:50 am • 0 0 • view
Oh awesome. Thanks!!
aug 28, 2025, 11:26 pm • 1 0 • view
No you show you like to hear your own voice & only your own voice. If you can't handle responses perhaps social media isn't for you.
aug 28, 2025, 11:29 pm • 2 0 • view
aug 28, 2025, 11:39 pm • 26 0 • view
The block button feels even better!
aug 29, 2025, 12:33 am • 1 0 • view
If people are hiding your replies that says more about you than them
aug 28, 2025, 11:41 pm • 2 0 • view
Another country heard from
aug 28, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Your cat deserves a better human.
aug 28, 2025, 11:41 pm • 2 0 • view
Bless your heart
aug 28, 2025, 11:50 pm • 0 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 12:58 am • 1 0 • view
Not a fan.
aug 28, 2025, 11:17 pm • 5 0 • view
Thanks for the reminder. That seems kinder and gentler than an kneejerk block.
aug 29, 2025, 1:17 am • 1 0 • view
While I love this one, it's a far greater feeling hitting that "detach quote" button when some assclown tries to use YOUR post for pushing their bullshit. It's very satisfying, 10/10 definitely recommend. 😁
aug 29, 2025, 12:35 am • 5 0 • view
I do enjoy that feature
aug 29, 2025, 3:41 am • 1 0 • view
Cut off comments Cut off quote response Cut off your platform
aug 28, 2025, 11:46 pm • 2 0 • view
Saw a couple of them. They looked like roaches.
aug 28, 2025, 11:57 pm • 0 0 • view
No matter how much I might like a post, if it doesn't say "everybody can reply" I will not click on the little heart.
aug 29, 2025, 4:44 am • 4 0 • view
Absolutely. Freedom of speech or expression doesn't mean you have to accept your own speech to be used for propaganda. Retaining how your page or posts display is such a blessing.
aug 29, 2025, 1:09 pm • 0 0 • view
I do it all the time!
aug 29, 2025, 12:06 am • 0 0 • view
Oh… I didn’t know about this. Used it for the first time just now. Excellent was to hide insults & ignorance.
aug 29, 2025, 3:54 am • 0 0 • view
oh boo I don’t have it
aug 29, 2025, 12:22 am • 0 0 • view
It is an absolute treasure, Paul, both for shoving things out of my own sight and, somewhat more charitably, shielding certain responders from the gales of unkind laughter they've targeted themselves for.
aug 28, 2025, 10:55 pm • 59 0 • view
💯
aug 29, 2025, 3:55 am • 4 0 • view
uhh I need to check this out, I’ve had this problem before thank you 🙏 I didn’t know this feature existed !
aug 28, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
It’s better than nothing, but being able to block people and have their comments automatically erase, or erase the comments would be better. Because this still has the reply, count go up and that’s publicly visible
aug 28, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
That's basically what blocks do
aug 28, 2025, 11:35 pm • 2 0 • view
not in my case, on BS it only prevents future comments, but it did nothing to get rid of the comments that were already there This is the only website I’ve been on where blocks don’t erase their prior comments
aug 28, 2025, 11:36 pm • 0 0 • view
this is seriously the greatest feature ever, I love it so much also when someone is super obnoxious and I hide it for all and THEN block them??
aug 28, 2025, 11:42 pm • 36 0 • view
oh you dont even need to hide the reply first. blocks detach all past conversations with the person
aug 28, 2025, 11:46 pm • 141 3 • view
I like that feature, but sometimes I find myself wondering what was going on.
aug 29, 2025, 1:37 am • 2 0 • view
I hate how this place interferes with all my toxic fights with trolls. I finally pin em down and then boom, they block me and all my hard work is gone! It’s like bsky wants me to stop engaging them and do something healthy with my time.
aug 29, 2025, 2:10 am • 17 0 • view
whaaaat
aug 28, 2025, 11:47 pm • 24 0 • view
This is why Bluesky block is called nuclear block, it's super powerful.
aug 29, 2025, 3:34 am • 19 0 • view
We gots us a real good “shut the fuck up rando” energy around here, and I’m all for it.
aug 29, 2025, 3:41 am • 5 0 • view
And that's why we people who follow larger accounts love it when you use that option! Makes for a less toxic experience for all.
aug 29, 2025, 3:44 am • 1 0 • view
Nuclear.
aug 28, 2025, 11:49 pm • 25 0 • view
Worst feature tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
aug 29, 2025, 12:15 am • 9 0 • view
Piss off ya dork
aug 29, 2025, 2:57 am • 0 0 • view
The nuclear block is the best block. *block* *this person no longer exists to you or anyone else in your mentions*
aug 29, 2025, 12:54 am • 4 0 • view
This is the feature that convinced me returning to social media in any capacity was even remotely possible to do in a net-positive way. I'm still not convinced of that but I am still here and that's saying something.
aug 29, 2025, 3:01 am • 1 0 • view
I kinda like it; I think it's probably reduced vitriol content here to a degree that it makes a real difference culturally. But I understand some of the criticisms I've heard.
aug 29, 2025, 12:19 am • 28 0 • view
I think it definitely helps with a lot of the vitriol, but it does suck how it breaks up a lot of threads & makes some conversations completely unnavigable It stops me a lot from blocking folks I otherwise would/should because I know it will break a lot of features for myself & others, & that sucks
aug 29, 2025, 12:31 am • 15 0 • view
Blocking people you should is more important than preserving the timeline with people you should’ve blocked on it.
aug 29, 2025, 1:53 am • 0 0 • view
A functioning website is more important to me. I’d rather mute & still have the features & convos accessible that I want If it’s someone genuinely abusive, sure! But otherwise it’s not like my block kicks them off the site to keep others safe, it just breaks everything else instead
aug 29, 2025, 2:24 am • 3 0 • view
This is my thing - if it merely blocked the reply while keeping the thread intact, it would be a much better feature, especially if you could also get information about who sent the reply and who blocked it. As it is, someone can break others’ threads by replying and blocking the person they follow.
aug 29, 2025, 1:37 am • 10 0 • view
How does this break “the thread” though? It breaks the fork point at the point the other person has joined/left but the thread itself is.. intact? Or am I missing something?
aug 29, 2025, 4:06 am • 1 0 • view
You can no longer follow responses that anyone else replied with. If “Bob” blocks someone in the middle of a convo, it wipes it completely from your feed. If you were already tagged it’ll be in your notifs, but if you were just reading, you have no idea what happened
aug 29, 2025, 5:09 am • 2 0 • view
Exactly! I honestly really liked Twitter’s approach to blocking where that user could no longer interact with or see any of your stuff, but it just blurred their content for you so you could unhide to see what was happening. And others could decide if they wanted to block that user as well
aug 29, 2025, 2:28 am • 7 0 • view
That’s another downside of the nuclear block is if someone I follow blocks another user mid convo, I have no idea who it was or why they were blocked. If it’s an abusive person I want to see so I can block them myself too!
aug 29, 2025, 2:28 am • 12 0 • view
Yes but it’s satisfying
aug 29, 2025, 1:07 am • 2 0 • view
We should be allowed to counter block
aug 29, 2025, 1:36 am • 1 0 • view
Blocking is bidirectional - if they block you, it has the effect of you blocking them as well. This is why I usually mute and make them block me unless it’s not a thread I’m worried about breaking.
aug 29, 2025, 1:42 am • 3 0 • view
If you use a service like clearsky.app you can see who blocked you. You can see their profile & open it in the Bluesky app/site. It’ll bring you to their profile & show the user is blocking you. You can’t see any of their stuff, but you can still select the menu that gives you the option to block em
aug 29, 2025, 6:31 am • 2 0 • view
With @listifications.app you can block them back.
aug 29, 2025, 1:45 am • 4 0 • view
I just did exactly that!
aug 29, 2025, 1:46 am • 1 0 • view
Absolutely agree!
aug 29, 2025, 2:35 am • 0 0 • view
nifty feature. very nice. thanks!
aug 29, 2025, 1:37 am • 0 0 • view
I’ve only had to do that once I believe, it was very unique. Great work, this app has way cooler features than others.
aug 28, 2025, 11:14 pm • 3 0 • view
Brother, that and remove quote are solid peace-protection functions.
aug 28, 2025, 11:08 pm • 40 1 • view
Nothing like a good shunning.
aug 29, 2025, 12:39 am • 0 0 • view
Oh ok
aug 28, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s good Paul
aug 29, 2025, 1:06 am • 1 0 • view
📌
aug 29, 2025, 2:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I want to thank all y'all for keeping Bluesky running. It is appreciated
aug 28, 2025, 10:55 pm • 13 1 • view
Good for filtering annoying people and those with lazy interpretations, bad in the long run when people start using it to avoid any kind of criticism, questioning or even just simple reality checks. Same with how blocking hides replies I suppose. Maybe a bit too powerful for "social" media.
aug 28, 2025, 11:02 pm • 8 0 • view
I tend to find corrections in the replies provide much less positive value than the overall negative value of garbage replies
aug 28, 2025, 11:03 pm • 12 0 • view
In some threads the replies are more informative and useful than the original post. Lots of informed people here in Bluesky.
aug 28, 2025, 11:13 pm • 10 0 • view
Toxic bullies can get soooooo mad when you refuse to reward their destructive behaviour and give them attention. I love starving them of what they seek.
aug 28, 2025, 11:36 pm • 24 1 • view
I hide my MAGA cousin's FB comments. All he knows is nobody will fight with him, which has to make him nuts.
aug 29, 2025, 12:51 am • 15 0 • view
aug 29, 2025, 1:38 am • 0 0 • view
is there a way to remove followers…like if a bot or spammy account follows you and you don’t want them to
aug 29, 2025, 12:03 am • 4 0 • view
Right? It seems the "soft block" doesn't work the same here; If I block and unblock they're still following. So mostly I just block and leave it. Related, when I block a user I would like it if their posts disappeared immediately, rather than having to back out of a post and go back in.
aug 29, 2025, 12:08 am • 4 0 • view
yes! Like…idk why but I seem to keep getting random spammy accounts following me and they’re still included numerically in my follower count even if I block them, which I feel like makes me look sketchy when I’m just trying to lurk in peace 🥲
aug 29, 2025, 12:15 am • 6 0 • view
Are you hiding my replies again?
aug 29, 2025, 12:36 am • 58 0 • view
I didn’t even know they implemented that feature! Was the one self-curating feature I really missed from Threads
aug 29, 2025, 3:41 am • 0 0 • view
Wait, where is this feature? I often get in over-extended exchanges in replies, for my own amusement, that I wouldn't want to inflict on innocent bystanders who yet might want to see posts involving no sea lions. Can I spare them? I see 'allow replies' not 'hide replies'.
aug 30, 2025, 12:36 am • 1 0 • view
Yep that’s the way.
aug 29, 2025, 12:29 am • 0 0 • view
As long as it’s clear to the user replying (or trying to)… They should know in a very obtrusive to their experience way so they don’t assume the client is broken.
aug 29, 2025, 12:31 am • 0 0 • view
It doesn't sit well with me to control what other people see.
aug 29, 2025, 1:04 am • 1 0 • view
That and the Detach Quote button elevate the entire experience, yes!
aug 28, 2025, 10:53 pm • 104 1 • view
I haven't seen that one.
aug 29, 2025, 12:04 pm • 2 0 • view
Free speech for me, but not for thee.
aug 29, 2025, 12:40 am • 2 0 • view
📌
aug 30, 2025, 1:22 pm • 1 0 • view
I assume this is a client specific feature and not on the protocol level? Or is it but clients can chooses to disregard it? (just curious about it, with no clear tendency which would be better)
aug 28, 2025, 10:56 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah basically, but that's kind of true... about everything
aug 28, 2025, 10:58 pm • 2 0 • view
A client could choose to do anything basically
aug 28, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Sort of yes and I guess in this case its not really practically but wouldn't it be possible to have encrypted content in a user repo which is only accessible to clients if the owner of that repo opts in to a specific client by sharing some secret with these clients?
aug 28, 2025, 11:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Again, what about an Edit button?
aug 28, 2025, 11:06 pm • 0 0 • view
*testing the functionality* Pizza was made for Pineapple
aug 28, 2025, 10:55 pm • 13 0 • view
Absolutely
aug 28, 2025, 11:19 pm • 4 0 • view
Agreed.
aug 28, 2025, 11:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Meh. Social media 🌬️ id like a button to hid all the tits dick and clits popping up every five seconds on here. Where is that button paul?🌬️ scared to scroll this bitch in public lately🌬️
aug 29, 2025, 4:16 am • 0 0 • view
Hey Paul, is there a way for this functionality to help suppress scammers? I mean the kind that comment with fake Paypal/Discord links pretending to be you, then block you. You don't even know the comment is in your post, and thus can't hide it either.
aug 28, 2025, 11:05 pm • 3 0 • view
I mean, that sucks, so point noted But fwiw if they block you, they can't reply to your posts, and any previous replies they make are detached from your posts
aug 28, 2025, 11:08 pm • 11 0 • view
Not as bad as I thought then, although the person they reply to (usually someone asking to donate or asking for a commission) will still be able to interact with them without knowing, since it'll be in their notifications. That's what I'm guessing at least, but better than affecting others too.
aug 28, 2025, 11:10 pm • 7 0 • view
That might be accurate, yeah
aug 28, 2025, 11:18 pm • 3 0 • view
Yep, they’re shooting themselves in the foot doing that. It detaches their comment from the post. Nobody else will see it. That works (or at least used to, now you can see them) on X, which is where they did that first. The person they reply to will see a reply to a blocked post, which is sus.
aug 28, 2025, 11:15 pm • 1 0 • view
One possible workaround is to sign up for @listifications.app as long as your mental health is ok with seeing every single person that blocks you. When you see an obvious imposter, you can visit and report the profile even if they have blocked you, and bsky is quick at nuking fake accounts.
aug 28, 2025, 11:19 pm • 2 0 • view
it's a good feature paul
aug 29, 2025, 12:52 am • 39 0 • view
but a banishing spell, now THAT would rock. that troll who bothered you? he's a tree frog in cuba now.
aug 29, 2025, 12:59 am • 13 0 • view
I expressed mirth audibly. 😅
aug 29, 2025, 4:08 am • 3 0 • view
I love being like “not here you won’t!!”
aug 29, 2025, 2:08 am • 23 0 • view
the replies on this thread are hilarious
aug 29, 2025, 1:24 am • 2 0 • view
Oh heck, I barely get replies, I wouldn’t DARE hide them. And, cool. 😎
aug 29, 2025, 1:22 am • 1 0 • view
What about remove follower button and the block button actually working?
aug 29, 2025, 1:39 am • 2 0 • view
Do not like. If you don't stand behind what you post, don't post it.
aug 28, 2025, 10:59 pm • 8 0 • view
I stand by my posts. I don't stand by the replies other people post
aug 28, 2025, 11:00 pm • 53 1 • view
What about the "social" part of Social Media?
aug 28, 2025, 11:09 pm • 7 0 • view
It's not anti social to choose who or what you want to engage with
aug 28, 2025, 11:18 pm • 53 3 • view
It's antisocial to not let anyone engage. Defeats the whole purpose of using an app like this.
aug 28, 2025, 11:20 pm • 6 0 • view
If you have a few moments, take a look at the Louvre of Bluesky account to see what sorts of replies some people are getting.
aug 29, 2025, 1:26 am • 2 0 • view
I lowkey get the vibe that Kettlewell might be the sort to be featured in the Louvre so not sure that would help him understand 💀
aug 29, 2025, 5:25 am • 0 0 • view
Not everyone engages in good faith though, such as trolls.
aug 29, 2025, 1:19 am • 5 0 • view
Sure. Block them!
aug 29, 2025, 10:09 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah, and if you're the OP, removing their posts from the replies also starves them of the attention they crave since others won't see them either.
aug 29, 2025, 1:22 pm • 2 0 • view
I also find the reply limiters especially anti-social and antithetical to social media. It defeats the point, subverts the networking part of social networks and encourages people to de facto shard the network into their own private territory. That's just blogging. This was/is supposed to be more.
aug 29, 2025, 12:42 am • 1 0 • view
were not all here to "network".
aug 29, 2025, 12:08 pm • 2 0 • view
aug 28, 2025, 11:36 pm • 19 0 • view
People *can* engage though. You just have to click the “show me” button to see it. In a long chain of replies, you have to scroll further to see those replies. Hiding replies just discourages dogpiling on bad takes and others that interact with OP having to see negative / bad replies.
aug 28, 2025, 11:25 pm • 14 0 • view
This would be one of those times that it would have been good to use. Don’t like it? Don’t use it, it’s easy.
aug 28, 2025, 11:44 pm • 6 0 • view
It only moves it to hidden replies. You’re not removing the reply or blocking someone. Most of the time if someone doesn’t like a reply they simply block that account vs. hiding the reply. That is stifling engagement even more, but without very effective blocks, Bsky would be a cesspit too.
aug 28, 2025, 11:35 pm • 5 0 • view
Insofar it exists at all, I suppose it lives in its etiquette, which on here occasionally includes strategically forgetting some things were said, to maintain civility and appropriate manners all around. Much like social not-media things, really.
aug 28, 2025, 11:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Ok, but I need to be able to hide other people's replies for everyone. That would be superb.
aug 29, 2025, 3:40 am • 1 0 • view
Detaching quotes is pretty tasty too.
aug 28, 2025, 11:52 pm • 4 1 • view
Ooooh
aug 29, 2025, 1:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Having the comment greyed out makes people want to comment 200% more.
aug 29, 2025, 3:33 am • 0 0 • view
Are you teasing a great new feature (as I’m not finding it in latest version of the app)?
aug 29, 2025, 8:29 am • 0 0 • view
Let us mute Reposts from individual people
aug 29, 2025, 4:02 am • 8 0 • view
we are begging you
aug 29, 2025, 4:05 am • 3 0 • view
Oh my God the dream
aug 29, 2025, 4:05 am • 2 0 • view
you realize you dont have to even glance at the replies
aug 30, 2025, 5:17 am • 0 0 • view
cowRD
aug 30, 2025, 4:43 am • 0 0 • view
Can you add a “Send an electrical shock signal to the person who sent this reply” function?
aug 28, 2025, 11:33 pm • 5 0 • view
bring us close friendsssss please
aug 28, 2025, 11:17 pm • 1 0 • view
I can see how that "hide reply" can come in handy. What's weird are those who are asking questions, searching for answers to a problem, and yet restrict replies. Why bother asking if almost no one can answer?
aug 29, 2025, 5:17 am • 3 0 • view
They may only be asking their friends or community that they’re a part of There isn’t any way to prevent your posts from ending up some place like the discover feed, or to have a private account So if you only want certain folks to answer you make it so anyone else that stumbles on the thread can’t
aug 29, 2025, 6:45 am • 0 0 • view
Indeed
aug 29, 2025, 5:24 am • 1 0 • view
This #Resister is following you. (FB is always appreciated.)
aug 29, 2025, 5:24 am • 0 0 • view
Doesn't this help people who want to spread lies?
aug 28, 2025, 11:50 pm • 9 0 • view
That's a reasonable concern, but I honestly don't think corrections in replies are overly effective compared to a community notes system, and the painpoint of garbage replies is higher than the downside of lack of control
aug 28, 2025, 11:54 pm • 10 0 • view
When combined with hiding quote-replies, it just leaves the door WIDE open for this. It might even attract accounts that have stayed away from Bluesky.
aug 28, 2025, 11:59 pm • 5 0 • view
No one is entitled to be a part of your threads. Your threads and branches of threads are yours and you should be completely free to prune them as you see fit.
aug 29, 2025, 9:21 am • 0 1 • view