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Bluesky pitches new features at disgruntled Threads users

You can now pin posts and filter search results by language.

The decentralized short posting platform announced these and other new features via the Threads account it created yesterday, seizing the chance to promote its superiority — “ we’re not owned by a billionaire ” — to increasingly frustrated users of its Meta rival. Complaints from Threads users have spiked in recent days following a flood of engagement bait posts being promoted to people’s feeds, and reports of overly sensitive or inaccurate moderation causing accounts to be deleted or restricted. The update includes some quality-of-life improvements like the ability to delete a DM conversation by swiping on it, share camera roll videos directly to the platform, and apply muted words to notifications and search results.

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