Bluesky now lets users upload videos that are up to 3 minutes long

Bluesky now permits movies which might be as much as 3 minutes lengthy, the decentralized social community announced on Monday. The platform launched assist for video again in September with a 60-second time restrict.

With the brand new expanded time restrict, Bluesky is bringing its person expertise extra according to its rivals, X (previously Twitter) and Meta’s Threads. X permits nonpaying customers to add movies as much as two minutes and 20 second in size, whereas Threads lets customers movies as much as 5 minutes lengthy.

The change can also be welcome information for all the apps working to turn out to be the “TikTok for Bluesky,” comparable to Bluescreen and Skylight. The builders behind these apps are working to convey a video expertise to Bluesky, both by means of a video-first Bluesky consumer or as a wholly new app constructed on the identical AT Protocol that Bluesky makes use of. The expanded time restrict permits them to supply a TikTok different that aligns extra carefully with the favored short-form video app, which lets customers share movies as much as 10 minutes lengthy.

Bluesky additionally introduced that it has added a brand new “Chat requests” display that lets individuals sift by means of messages from unknown customers. As soon as customers obtain a DM request, they’ll select to just accept or reject the dialog through this new display.

As well as, Bluesky now permits customers to mute accounts extra shortly by clicking the three-dot menu on a put up after which choosing the “Mute account” choice. The social community has additionally added higher tablet-size layouts on the internet and an improved moderation reporting movement.