Bluesky Adds New Group Chats
The Bluesky app has a new update today. Now, users can make group chats. Fifty people can talk in one chat. Bluesky wants to make small spaces for friends and communities. Users can control their chats and invites. The app also has a new QR code for profiles.
The Bluesky app has a big update today. It is a popular social network. People use it on phones and computers. Now, the app has group chats. This is a very new feature. You can talk with your friends. Fifty people can be in one chat. This is a good start. The company plans to add more people later.
Bluesky wants to change its plan. Today, Bluesky is one big place. People post messages for everyone. But people want smaller spaces. They want to talk to family and friends. They want to talk about their interests. The leader of this plan is Alex Benzer. He says people want small groups. They want safe places on the internet.
There is a big rival. The rival is the X app. Elon Musk owns the X app. X has 600 million users. It has very big group chats. One thousand people can talk on X. Bluesky has 44 million users. Bluesky is much smaller than X. But Bluesky wants to give people control. Users can make private groups. They can invite people with a web link.
Users control their own chat settings. You can say who invites you. You can accept invites from friends. You can accept invites from everyone. You can say no to all invites. You decide this in the app menu. Right now, you cannot send pictures in the chat. The company needs more time. They want to make the chats safe for everyone.
Bluesky wants to help small communities. A community is a group of people. Soon, groups can have special names. The names are special web links. The groups can be public. The groups can be private. Many people like this idea. They want to leave big tech companies. They do not like bad computer rules. Also, Bluesky has a new QR code. You can share your profile fast. This is a very interesting time for Bluesky.
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How many people can be in one Bluesky chat right now?
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Scenario: You want to talk to your friends on a new app.
- 01“Let's make a group chat.”
- 02“I will send you an invite.”
- 03“Do you have this app?”
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🔑Key Phrases
Used to describe a feature where multiple users talk together.
We talk in our family group chats every day.
A company or app that competes strongly against another.
That company is a big rival to our business.
Used to describe groups that share interests.
Small communities are often very friendly.
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Bluesky Adds New Group Chats
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