Bluesky now lets you finally hide reposts from that one user who floods your following feed, according to a new report from The Verge. This is not a global "off" switch for all shares. It is a surgical tool for managing a specific account without unfollowing, muting, or blocking them. For anyone tired of manually scrolling past a friend's voluminous or off brand reposts, this update solves a long standing problem. It also shows how Bluesky is methodically adding user requested, granular controls in its battle for power users.
Here is how to use the new feature to permanently clean up your feed.
Regain Control of Your Bluesky Feed While Keeping That Person Followed
This guide shows you how to selectively mute a specific behavior, not a person.
You can now silence the torrent of reposts from a single account you follow, while continuing to see their original posts. The result is a feed tailored to your interests, not cluttered by content you never agreed to see. It directly addresses a core frustration of algorithm free, chronological feeds. You keep your social graph intact. You just remove the noise.
Before You Start: Locate the Profile of the Repost Culprit
This action is performed on a user by user basis. You cannot apply it to your entire feed from a central settings menu. The first step is simple. Figure out who is responsible for the noise. This might be the friend who shares 50 political takes a day, or the artist whose reblogs drown out their own work. You can find their profile by clicking their name in your main feed or by using Bluesky's search function. No need to DM them or make a public comment. This is your private curation.
You can hide reposts from individual users by going to their profile, clicking the three dots button, and selecting the option to 'Hide reposts in feeds.'
Step One: Open the User's Profile and Find the Three-Dot Menu
Navigate to the profile page of the account you've identified. Once there, locate the standard overflow menu. On the web app and in most mobile interfaces, this is represented by three vertical dots (⋮) or sometimes a "More" button, typically found near the user's display name or handle. This menu is the gateway to all user specific actions on Bluesky, including muting and blocking. Click or tap it.
Watch out for: On some third party clients, the menu icon or location might differ slightly. The official Bluesky app (bsky.app) and the mobile apps use the three dot convention. If you're using a client like Deck.Blue, that platform has had this specific feature for a while, as noted in community discussions on Reddit. The core principles of user profiles and settings menus remain universal.
Step Two: Select the Option to 'Hide Reposts in Feeds'
After opening the three dot menu, scan the list of options. You are looking for the line that reads "Hide reposts in feeds." Select it. There is no confirmation dialog. The change takes effect immediately.
What happens next? All future reposts from this user will be omitted from your "Following" feed and the algorithmic "Discover" feed. Their original posts, replies, and quote posts (if you have those enabled) will continue to appear. You have surgically removed one content type. This granularity is the feature's main value. It fixes the problem where the existing global setting to "Show Reposts" in Following Feed Preferences was an all or nothing choice that lacked nuance.
What This Action Does (And What It Doesn't Do)
Understanding the scope of this feature prevents confusion. First, it is entirely private. The user you've adjusted will not be notified. They cannot see that you have hidden their reposts. This is a consumer side filter, not a punitive action against their account.
Second, it only affects the feeds you view. The public visibility of their reposts remains unchanged for everyone else. Their engagement metrics are untouched. You have not limited their ability to interact with the network.
Most importantly, this is a distinct alternative to muting or blocking. Muting a user hides all their posts and replies from your view. Blocking severs the connection entirely. This new feature sits perfectly between "doing nothing" and "cutting them off." It is for situations where you value a person's original content but not their signal boosting. This is a common scenario in professional and social circles, where over sharing can quickly become a distraction.
How to Reverse the Setting if You Change Your Mind
Curation is not permanent. Should you decide you miss that user's reposts, reversing the action is just as straightforward.
Return to the same user's profile and open the three dot menu again. The option will have changed. Instead of "Hide reposts in feeds," you will now see "Show reposts in feeds." Select it. The restoration is immediate. Their reposts will begin appearing in your feeds again with the next refresh. This flexibility allows you to adjust your filters as your relationships or interests evolve, similar to how you might manage notifications on other platforms.
A Quick Note on Bluesky's New Thread Numbering Beta
The same Verge report mentions a secondary, quality of life update currently in beta. Bluesky is testing a feature that automatically adds post numbers to threads. For long form discussions or tutorials, this provides immediate context on a thread's length. It removes the need for authors to manually type "1/15" at the start of each post.
If you are opted into Bluesky's beta features (via your account settings), this will be active. It is a small but thoughtful addition that aids readability, placing Bluesky on par with platforms like Meta's Threads, which already employs post counts. It is another example of the platform closing feature gaps based on direct user feedback from its open source development, a process we've seen drive changes in other tech arenas, like when Microsoft Slaps Windows 11 with a Forced OneDrive Beta.
XOOMAR Analysis: The release of the repost hider and thread numbering are not flashy updates. They are tactical. They serve a specific, vocal segment of users who prize control over their consumption experience. By building these tools, Bluesky is directly addressing pain points that have existed since its early days, pain points evident in user requests on GitHub and troubleshooting threads on Reddit. This focus on granular user agency is a core part of its differentiation from algorithmically driven rivals. It is a feature set that appeals to power users, researchers, and professionals who use social media as a filtered information stream, not just entertainment.
Recap: Your Blueprint for a Perfectly Curated Feed
The process is three steps: identify the noisy account, click the three dot menu on their profile, and toggle "Hide reposts in feeds." The benefit is a cleaner, more relevant chronological feed where you see what you actually want from the people you follow.
Apply this tool to any account that makes your feed feel like work. Use it liberally. The point of an open social protocol is user control, and this feature hands a significant piece of that control directly to you. It turns your main feed from a passive stream into an actively curated channel. As Bluesky continues to roll out such precise controls, the burden of curation shifts from hoping the algorithm gets it right to making a few deliberate clicks yourself. That is a fundamentally different, and for many, a more trustworthy model of social networking.
Key Takeaways
- It solves a common frustration of chronological feeds where users see too many unwanted shares from friends or accounts they follow.
- It helps users curate their feeds with granular, user-friendly controls without disrupting social connections by unfollowing or blocking.
- It demonstrates Bluesky's strategy of addressing specific user requests to compete for and retain power users in the social media landscape.
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