For those of us of a certain age you may remember the AOL email notification you could opt to turn on. You ‘ve got mail! In the early days of email when it was a novelty to receive a new … Continue reading →
For those of us of a certain age you may remember the AOL email notification you could opt to turn on.
You ‘ve got mail!
In the early days of email when it was a novelty to receive a new email in your inbox, it was (in my opinion!) exciting to hear this notification. Fast forward from the 90s and many of us are inundated with emails in both our personal email box and the one we use at work. The thought of every email pinging a message now would be too much.
Within Bluesky there is an option to turn on a variety of notifcations and again this is personal choice. The good news is there are a variety of options allowing you to taylor these to your personal preference. For example if there are people or organisations you follow and don’t want to miss their posts, then you can set a notification just for the accounts you choose.
Bluesky have made these updates to notifications:
Activity Notifications: Opt-in to receive push notifications from specific accounts.
Enhanced Notification Settings: Controls to fine tune which notifications you receive. For example receive notifications when someone likes or reposts your posts.
Activity Notifications
This lets you receive push and in-app notifications directly from specific accounts. To enable these new notifications:
- Navigate to the profile you want to get notifcations about.
- Look for the bell icon: If they have this feature enabled, you’ll see a small bell icon next to the ‘Follow’ button.
- Tap the bell: Press it, and you’ll be able to enable notifications specifically for their new posts, and optionally, even their replies.
You can easily opt in to manage the list of people you’re receiving “Activity Notifications” from at any time by going to Settings > Notifications > Activity Notifications.
Enhanced Notification Settings
You can now choose to receive notifications from:
Everyone: Stay in the loop with all interactions.
People you follow: Filter out the noise and focus on your close connections.
No One: For when you need a moment of peace and quiet.
Here are the notification types you can now customize:
- Replies: Control who can notify you when they reply to your posts.
- Mentions: Decide when you’re pinged for a mention.
- Quotes: Manage notifications for posts that quote yours.
- Likes: Get notified when someone likes your posts.
- Reposts: See when your posts are reposted.
- New followers: Keep track of your growing audience.
- Likes of your reposts: Get feedback on the content you curate.
- Reposts of your reposts: See how far your shared content travels.
To enable these new notifications:
Go to Settings > Notifications to fine-tune your preferences.
You can also enable and disable whether you receive push notifications for each of these categories, giving you even more granular control.
