Bluesky now permits movies which can be as much as 3 minutes lengthy, the decentralized social community announced 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 consistent with its opponents, 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 movies as much as 5 minutes lengthy.
The change can be welcome information for the entire apps working to develop into the “TikTok for Bluesky,” corresponding to Bluescreen and Skylight. The builders behind these apps are working to convey a video expertise to Bluesky, both by means of 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 intently 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 screen that lets folks sift by means of messages from unknown customers. As soon as customers obtain a DM request, they will select to just accept or reject the dialog by way of this new display screen.
As well as, Bluesky now permits customers to mute accounts extra shortly by clicking the three-dot menu on a submit after which choosing the “Mute account” choice. The social community has additionally added higher tablet-size layouts on the net and an improved moderation reporting movement.