Social network Blue sky has released a new update to its app that includes a separate mentions tab in notifications, protections against username squatting, and new controls for sorting replies.
The company announced that it is adding a new mentions tab with the rollout of version 1.96 to allow you to view these posts separately. Until now, all notifications were under a single tab.
Bluesky also adds protection against username squatting by reserving your original Bluesky username with (.bsky.social suffix) when you change your username to a custom domain. The platform said it only reserves the most recent Bluesky username and it does not expire.
A recent incident showed that the company was facing identity theft issues when people buy domain names and reserve usernames with the names of well-known people who may not yet be on the platform. People also used to create a separate account while switching to a custom domain to prevent someone from taking their original Bluesky username.
Bluesky also adds a way to display replies below a post. Users can choose between linear and threaded views. They can also sort the replies using different filters like most popular, oldest, newest, most liked and random.
The social network, which crossed 25 million usersAlso adds new translation language support for Nepali, Khmer, and Romanian.
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