Not everyone is happy about it being the default.

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    24 days ago

    “Engagement bait” is now the default option. Monetization is the next step.

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        24 days ago

        Not sure about Lemmy, but the default option on Mbin is “Hot”, which is just chronological order with boosted comments pushed to the top. Boosting is basically just the microblog way of retweeting, and I believe will add an extra point to the score on the Mbin side.

        Could be a bit confusing, since Mbin’s definition of “hot” is 95% chronological, but Bluesky’s definition has more to do with reply/like ratios.

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    23 days ago

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

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    24 days ago

    Has nothing to do with attractiveness. It’s the same “hot” vs “new” etc as any other sort

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    24 days ago

    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?

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    24 days ago

    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…

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    24 days ago

    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.

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      23 days ago

      My wife is on bluesky and she was telling me yesterday she has had a surge of random followers as well, most likely bots. What she was annoyed about is the block feature doesn’t get them to unfollow you or something. And a portion of the bots are porn repost bots.