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A head's up if you have a Bluesky account. DMs debuted ~45m ago and the default setting is "Users I follow".
(hexbear.net)
I know this isn't breaking news if you don't have an account there but I hate annoying defaults. And some people like DMs so they might make an account there due to that functionality.
I wonder how many Blueskyers are at Hexbear. Three? Dare I say four?
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How is this an annoying default setting? It feels like the correct one. Having it set to None for everyone would be annoying and unusable
Here's an idea. The default is "followers" but the first time you log in - you get a pop-in and you can reset it then before you click a "continue" button. I've never even heard of an app or site doing that. They just always set the default silently which I really hate.
That could be a good idea to address this. I think most product teams want to make the onboarding simpler and simpler and are not found of new pop ups when opening the app. As users it can also be annoying. I guess there is a middle ground to find
A pop-in was an idea off the topic of my head. It's certainly not best. The reason tech companies don't give people choices is that they don't want to. The companies love the default settings and without a prompt - most people leave things as they are.