"Engagement bait" is now the default option. Monetization is the next step.

X: Old and Busted

BlueSky: New Hotness

Any% enshitification speed run GO!

So...like Lemmy?

So I joined Bluesky over a year ago and have only ever posted a single message "Hi". I've also not liked or commented on any posts. Somehow (especially recently) I am getting followed more and more. I have over a hundred followers now. I'm guessing bots? It's the sudden recent surge over the last couple of months that's interesting.

Has nothing to do with attractiveness. It's the same "hot" vs "new" etc as any other sort

Funny thing, I had already set my preference to "newest first" and the change was respected after they implemented the new setting.

I really shouldn't read the news 10 minutes after waking up, my brain was sure this meant that Bluesky was turning into a dating app...

The heck does that even mean

Post reply settings also include sorting by oldest or newest replies, most liked, or a random setting labelled "Poster's roulette".

Sooo... You can change the setting.

And?