Bluesky now permits movies which might be as much as three minutes lengthy, the decentralized social community introduced on Monday. The platform launched assist for video again in September with a 60-second time restrict.
With the brand new expanded time restrict, Bluesky is bringing its consumer expertise extra in step with its rivals, X (previously Twitter) and Meta’s Threads. X permits nonpaying customers to add movies as much as two minutes and 20 second in size, whereas Threads lets customers add movies as much as 5 minutes lengthy.
The change can also be welcome information for all the apps working to turn into the “TikTok for Bluesky,” akin to Bluescreen and Skylight. The builders behind these apps are working to deliver a video expertise to Bluesky, both by a video-first Bluesky consumer or as a wholly new app constructed on the identical AT Protocol that Bluesky makes use of. The expanded time restrict permits them to supply a TikTok various that aligns extra carefully with the favored short-form video app, which lets customers share movies as much as 10 minutes lengthy.
Bluesky additionally introduced that it has added a brand new “Chat requests” display that lets individuals sift by messages from unknown customers. Once customers obtain a DM request, they’ll select to just accept or reject the dialog by way of this new display.
In addition, Bluesky now permits customers to mute accounts extra rapidly by clicking the three-dot menu on a submit after which deciding on the “Mute account” possibility. The social community has additionally added higher tablet-size layouts on the net and an improved moderation reporting stream.
