If we could configure an alert — similar to the one where we're tagged in a post, for example — that would be great. That would draw feed subscribers' attention back to the feed when there's actually something new to see. | 🦋 | 🧵 4/8
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In effect, it enables the feed to be monitored passively rather than actively. If Bluesky can do just this one thing, we'd be good for a while, at least. The last post in this thread has an example of one of the feeds we manage, BluFly. | 🦋 | 🧵 5/8
We speak of it as being 'double curated': our curation is by identifying and vetting Trusted Contributors (TC). In turn, the TC's curate their posts by adding an 'Emojitag' (specifically 🛩️ in BluFly’s case) to signal whether their post should be in the feed, or not. It's really simple. | 🦋 | 🧵 6/8
Moreover, rather than getting bogged down with ranking, we simply run with the default reverse chronological order — most recent post at the top. We assert the half-life of interest in *any* of our posts is, say, no more than a day or so. We suspect this is also the case more generally. | 🦋 | 🧵 7/8
This order, if nothing else, is clearly understood by all concerned. Here's that feed we mentioned above. While sadly still all but invisible in the Bluesky landscape, we're pleased with both the aesthetics and content and are going to be patient with it. Alerts would really help. | 🦋 | 🧵 8/8
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