Drop your Bluesky accounts here - Making a Starter Pack

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Hi everyone,

I’m trying to build a starter pack on Bluesky of all the Folksy sellers. For those unfamiliar a starter pack is a user created list of accounts with similar interests or common themes. It makes it possible to follow a whole batch of accounts at once, and find the accounts you want to see.

I have two Bluesky accounts, but the one I’m building the starter pack from is

I need 8 accounts to start a Starter Pack, so of you want to help build a Bluesky Folksy community, drop your account links here, and follow me there. I’ll put the starter pack link in this thread once we’ve got enough.

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Daily Listing And Promotion Challenge August 2026
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And, I’m now on blue sky, Amanda @OakLeafCrafting :tada:

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@glintbeads.bsky.social

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@SusanBettyArt - are you interested in joining this?

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I’ve opened an account and I think this is me @kokobluecrafts.bsky.social

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Here is mine @theslothscavern.bsky.social

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Thanks so much Nikki. I’d love to join in. Great idea Amanda @OakLeafCrafting Ill go and find my link :smiley::green_heart::smiley:

Found it!

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Hi Amanda my account link is sonicpollyr.bsky.social

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Here I am!
Set it up ages ago and not even posted anything yet.

Lou x

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Hi

I’ve just created an account and would love to be included. xx

@bornagainbears.bsky.socialbornagainbears.bsky.social

Thanks Amanda @OakLeafCrafting

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I’ve looked at Bluesky before but couldn’t see that it would really add anything to a UK micro business’ social media reach. I asked ChatGPT to give me an overview so thought I’d share it here for anyone else who’s curious. I still don’t think it’s worth it for me personally as it’s still in very early days and unlikely to have my prospective customers as users:

Executive Summary by ChatGPT

Bluesky Social is a Twitter-like microblogging platform built on the AT Protocol – a new open, federated protocol designed for decentralized social networking. Founded as a Twitter research project in 2019 and spun out in 2021 (led by Jay Graber, now a Public Benefit Corporation), Bluesky has rapidly grown to over 40 million registered users by 2026. Key backers include Blockchain Capital and Bain Capital (Series A $15 M in Oct 2024; Series B $100 M in Apr 2025). Technically, Bluesky differs from Mastodon’s ActivityPub federation: it uses AT Protocol with personal data servers (PDS) and relays for data syncing. Features include 300-character text posts with images/videos, customizable algorithmic feeds (a “marketplace of feeds”), powerful user-chosen moderation filters, and a domain-based identity system (users verify ownership of a domain instead of “blue checks”). Notably, everything is public by default (no “protected” accounts yet), and DMs currently use a provisional centralized service (with E2E encryption promised later).

The platform is mobile-first (official iOS/Android apps plus web and third-party apps) and promotes data portability – users can move across any AT-Proto app with their identity and posts intact. Privacy is stronger than ad-driven networks (no ads, no selling data by design), but features like private accounts/groups are “coming soon” and are a known gap. Governance is community-centric: Bluesky enforces baseline guidelines (prohibiting hate, violence, etc.) but also allows “stackable” moderation services – independent filters or label systems users can subscribe to, share or block. The company is still small (∼50 staff by 2026) and uses a novel composable moderation model, which helps share the load across communities.

Growth surges have been linked to external events (Brazil’s Twitter ban in 2024, U.S. election jitters, etc.). Registered users jumped from ~3.1 M at launch (Feb 2024) to 20 M by Nov 2024, and ~43 M by early 2026. However, only ~8–9% of those signups are daily-active, roughly 3–4 M DAU (by early 2026) – far below mainstream platforms. In practice Bluesky’s audience skews young, technical and niche. The user experience is generally praised for its chronological feed and friendly culture, but users note missing features (true private accounts, robust search, video editing, etc.) and the challenge of discovering content without mass network effects.

Conclusion: Bluesky is a promising experiment in decentralized social networking. It offers more user control and a healthier discourse emphasis (no ads, no algorithmic black-box), making it appealing for privacy-conscious or technical users tired of Twitter/X. However, it remains less lively than Twitter/X or large federated communities; moderation and features are still evolving, and the “crowd” is mostly early adopters and developers. Weighing its pros and cons, Bluesky is worth trying for users who value platform transparency, content portability, and a strong moderation ethos. The recommendation is to start with the official app (or web at bsky.app), adjust privacy/moderation settings, and experiment with custom feeds. But mainstream users should not expect it to fully replace Twitter yet – it’s still a niche with a developer-centric ecosystem.

Recommendations

Who should try Bluesky? It’s a good fit for tech-savvy users, journalists, activists and creators who value chronological timelines, ad-free experience, and control over content curation. If you’re tired of Twitter’s ads/algorithms, or you want an experiment in new social tech, Bluesky is worth exploring. It’s also worthwhile for anyone interested in the “decentralized social web” or who wants to future-proof their online presence. However, if you rely on social media for mass outreach (universe of followers), or need strict privacy, recognize Bluesky’s current scale and model limits.

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I’ve signed up and thought I had posted a video (It’s not showing up yet!) - here’s my profile link anyway:

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I didn’t read the Chat GPT summary because I don’t interact with AI, ever. AI has nothing of value to me. If Bluesky’s not for you, it’s not for you and that’s fine.

I’ve been on Bluesky a couple of years and in order to grow the account you just have to be a person on there. Share your links, but also normal stuff, an update on what you’re making, or watching, or where you’ve been and what you’ve been doing. Like all social media, you get out what you put in.

It hasn’t been an immediate pickup, but over the last year, 10-15% of my sales have come from Bluesky links, including at least one returning customer.

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Wow!! I wasn’t expecting so many. I’ve been up about 20 minutes at this point, but I should have enough to get it started now. I’ll have the pack done and shared by the end of the day. Keep getting people to drop their links and I’ll add more as we go.

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Link to the starter pack. If you click on the pack it’ll take you to the list, where you can see who’s in it (the people tab) and what just those accounts have posted (the posts tab). It should give you a follow all button as well.

Let me know if I’ve missed anyone.

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Just to clarify, I wasn’t at all questioning anybody’s choice to use Bluesky - sorry if you read my post that way.

I was curious about it and I assumed that others reading the thread might be too, so simply shared my limited research findings on the thread so that those (like me) who don’t know about it didn’t need to waste their time researching.

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Sorry if my reply was harsh I am in the middle of a bunch of academic research into the harms caused by casual/habitual AI use, for a series of articles, so I’ve gone from moderately anti AI to ‘burn it all to the ground and salt the earth’. The studies I’m taking notes on right now are some of the scariest things I’ve ever read.

I find social media is as much about community as sales, lifting each other up and getting each other seen, and spotting those days when someone is having a bad day. Sales through a platform like Bluesky come from being human on it and building community. It’s an organic, and therefore slow, process. It’s not a sales platform. It’s a community that lets you show off as much of your creativity as you want. I have found that, more than any other social media platform, Bluesky values human creativity, which is why I like it.

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Thanks for doing that, the Follow All button is there, and I also saved it so I can go back and find new sellers & posts easily.

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Quick note for everyone, don’t forget to add alt text to your images. People share images with alt text more often and some people won’t share images without.

If you need a how to, please ask. There’s even a bit in the settings you can use to remind you.

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Now I’m into the realms of I haven’t got a clue what you’re talking about Amanda @OakLeafCrafting :joy:. I’m a bit tired after a day with boisterous grandchildren so I’ll try and get my head around it all tomorrow!

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