Hey #blackskygamers quick plug and source of information & insight for you all that have questions on feeds here on Bluesky. In the quoted post below I’m proud to say I’m one of the many feed creators @tyzhou.bsky.social & the University of Washington decided to speak with on the topic of feeds 🧡

Tony Zhou@tyzhou.bsky.social · last wk.

Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice? In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958

We were interested in studying the Bsky custom feed ecosystem, with a focus on feed creators, as arguably the first real instantiation of the vision of middleware providers for social media services like recommendation. The idea always seemed great in theory, but how sustainable is it really?

Tony Zhou@tyzhou.bsky.social · last wk.

Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice? In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958

Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice? In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958

Middleware for Feed Recommendation in Practice: How Feed Creators Build, Maintain, and Sustain Custom Feeds on Bluesky

Scholars have long proposed third-party middleware as an alternative to centralized algorithmic feeds: feeds built and distributed by independent feed creators. This vision saw no large-scale instanti...

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Thank you so much to everyone who has signed up so far! We're still looking for a few more participants and we've increased our compensation this round to a $30 USD gift card. If you create or maintain a Bluesky custom feed, we'd love to hear about your experience :)

Tony Zhou@tyzhou.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Do you create custom feeds on Bluesky? We’re researchers at the @uofwa.bsky.social @socialfutureslab.bsky.social looking to understand feed creator experiences! Interview Details: 1 hour, $20 gift card Sign up: forms.gle/UMNgeoVbUx3e... Info: social.cs.washington.edu/project-page...

📣 Do you create custom feeds on Bluesky? We’re researchers at the @uofwa.bsky.social @socialfutureslab.bsky.social looking to understand feed creator experiences! Interview Details: 1 hour, $20 gift card Sign up: forms.gle/UMNgeoVbUx3e... Info: social.cs.washington.edu/project-page...