While I don't feel as negatively about the new "hotness" setting as some do, I agree it's potentially manipulatable by bad actors and don't think it should be the default, which it currently is. I'd go into my settings and change it (I use "Newest Replies First" as my default).
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Bluesky
📢 1.95 is rolling out now (2/6)
With this release, you can now display replies by “hotness,” which weights liked replies that are more recent more heavily.
With this release, you can now display replies by “hotness,” which weights liked replies that are more recent more heavily.
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Probably worth checking in a couple of days, just in case. I know I will…
Soon as someone upsets the whole community being obnoxious etc,
Auto suspend the account,
Make them do the explaining and chasing to reset . If they are Bots they might be gone for good at that stage.
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slightly worrisome
This is now the second change to default "what you see" based on issues had by larger accounts
They changed the default following feed to be only responses by people you follow to other people you follow - this games you into following lots
I am trying the experimental threaded view now
And then I realized that my feeds are weird because it is set as the default?
Not cool, bsky.
I hear that part didn't work for everyone
they can't tell "didn't change it because I wanted the old default" from "didn't change it because I didn't know I could" i suppose
Here is the reasoning
https://bsky.app/profile/danabra.mov/post/3lbzi7umnhs2g
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I don't like this change because it assumes adding to the conversation is the default reason people are here
Some of us are here to listen
Those are not just corporate accounts - writers, artists, cat shelters - they all rely upon their social media being seen
I get it - its still all very easy to manipulate using follower counts