"Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users' most in-demand features - no, not an edit button! - bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new "Saved" section in the app's main navigation."
"While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app since both offer a way to mark a post to be referenced later, bookmarks offer a private alternative to the "like." On Bluesky, your account and its associated data are public, which means your likes are also public. That doesn't work for everyone, as some things you save are personal, or simply aren't the types of things you want to publicly advertise."
"The AT Protocol, which powers Bluesky and other smaller social apps, doesn't yet support private data, however, so there isn't a way to hide users' likes. Instead, the company built a way to save a user's bookmarks off-protocol for the time being, which allows them to be private, similar to Bluesky's DMs (private messages). If and when the protocol evolves to support private data, things could change."
Bluesky rolled out Saved Posts, a bookmark feature accessible via a new bookmark icon beneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Saved posts can be viewed in the app's new "Saved" section in main navigation. Bookmarks provide a private alternative to likes because Bluesky accounts and associated data, including likes, are public. Some users, such as journalists, may need privacy when saving posts to avoid signaling interest; others may prefer private bookmarking for adult content. The AT Protocol does not yet support private data, so Bluesky stores bookmarks off-protocol for now, similar to its private DMs. Saved Posts may increase user engagement.
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