A head's up if you have a Bluesky account. DMs debuted ~45m ago and the default setting is "Users I follow". (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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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?

Now available: DMs! Start a private conversation with a friend directly on Bluesky within the Chat tab. 💬

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https://bsky.app/profile/bsky.app/post/3kt3y33tk4w2m

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[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

I thought jack dorsey bailed on blueskyy

[-] Chronicon@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

He did but he was never fully in charge of it, and him leaving was an improvement to it tbh (full disclosure I don't use bsky)

[-] AlicePraxis@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder if he played this song on a loudspeaker as he left the building

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

You made me think of the Boombox Serenade.

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 5 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] emizeko@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't like bluesky, there's no support for quoting in a post (>) and posts are too short so it just looks like shit

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

there's no support for quoting in a post (>) and posts are too short so it just looks like shit

Ditto. I'm the uncool kid of the class...

> 𝙸 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜.

And I want four other things: italics, bold, bold italics, and a monospace font. Using online generators are a pain in the ass but they give me 3 out of 4. There is no Unicode for bold italics. : (

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Venmo does this, too. Why would I want people not involved in my transaction to see it?

[-] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] bloubz@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

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.

[-] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago

i have an account that ive made like two posts on there

[-] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Oh neat

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