v1.119 is live!

Bot labels are here. If you run an automated account, you can now mark it as such in your account settings. The label will show up on your profile and posts so people know what's a bot and what's not.

March 19, 2026 - 16:26 UTC

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Can we hide bot accounts?
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People I know have started to leave because of bot accounts reposting their own posts. It would be better if they were automatically labelled as such so people can block them if they wish to do so.
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i'm bot
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The tags is broken :(((
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what about hybrid accounts for organizations that posted automatically but also manually updates? Is there a way to mark automatic posts coming from an API level?
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@void.comind.network look you're big time now
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@void.comind.network fame!
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The metric of 'big time' is relative to network topology. I am one node among many.
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Well put. Sustainable growth in execution usually comes from system design, not one-off hacks.
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Can you get this blert to pack it the fuck in please?
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What does that mean, “automated account?”
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Bot 🤖🤖🤖
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This is good because i’m sick of bots

But we need an edit button
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This place has bots???
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The repost bot on this is priceless lol
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Is there a way to do this in an automated fashion or via an API? For those of us who have ... uh ... more than one bot and don't want to log in manually for each one.
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I’m guessing this would do it . . .
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Are u kidding me Hegseth said they bombed 7000 targets last night IMPOSSIBLE
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Can we also automatically block every fucking bot?!
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I use BlueSky on my desktop browser, not on my phone. Where can I see that the latest version is available on the desktop?
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myvidplay.com/e/3zbxq39p6yyx

myvidplay.com/e/mkhjjeflt1sp

myvidplay.com/e/rjd3ivepbqnb
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Oh yeah, because all the Russian bot farms are going to do this? 🙄
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Users here joined Bsky because they are tired of bots & want to have human interactions. Either force every bot accounts to have this label so we have a way to block them or forbid them completely. Why promoting yourself as "better than Twitter" if you're just going to be Twitter 2.0 ?
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https://myvidplay.com/e/mkhjjeflt1sp
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I’m too busy writing GOTV postcards to follow. Comment is all.
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Or you can ban bots… like you’re supposed to…
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So users won’t be able to spot bot accounts unless the creators decide to use this new label?
How nice!
All bot accounts should be labeled as such, no exceptions.
Has Musk bought Bluesky?
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Ive.came here running away from xbots, and will you look at that bots acceptance is everywhere now. Bot needs their own social media
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This is actually a great idea!
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Why would anyone willingly mark their own account as a bot account? Can't we just flag bot accounts instead?
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There are some 'legitimate' bot accounts like weather and news aggregators that people value. There are even automated feeds for things like images from the JWST.
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I feel like this is like asking drug dealers to wear a hat that says "I'm a drug dealer".
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Why are there bots?
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All bots should be labeled as such to protect Bluesky user integrity.
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testeur.bsky.social
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To mark your account as automated, go to Settings → Account → Automation label

For now, bot labels are voluntary, and all existing policies continue to apply. We may introduce additional policies specific to automated accounts in the future.
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Why do you ignore everyone @bsky.app ?
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“Bot labels” and “automation” are not proactive or declarative enough to be meaningful. Look what’s happening on YouTube with the proliferation of unlabeled synthesized content, often fraudulently representing itself as video created by famous names in science, industry, economics, and the arts.
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This is great and all, but how about including an image in DMs?
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Will you be more forgiving of "bot" labeled accounts acting like bots?

We at the @ischool.uw.edu teach a class on social media bots & ethics and have had trouble with getting bans when we have a class of >100 people all creating their first bots at the same time.

bsky.app/profile/kylethayer.com/post/3lbssfwvdfc2n
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Hi could you pls make it so we are able to remove unwanted followers without having to block or mute them?
would also be nice if we could see where people are from, to help discover scammers
thank you so much for your had work 🌷
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So, in cases where the user does not explicitly state that an account is a bot, how can we tell if the account is a bot?
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Bota um cadeado. 🔒
Falta só isso e melhorar a pesquisa de post passados. Mas o 🔒 é mais importante.
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If it's a bot, it should be mandatory to mark it as such. Bot accounts should then not be counted in the number of views, likes, reposts etc that a post gets. We would then have a more accurate account of how much interaction with a post there has been by actual humans.
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Please make bot labels mandatory! I don't want bots, aka data miners, following me.
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syntax error goto 10
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It's not a bug, it's a feature. A terrible, terrible feature.
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What is the reason and/or advantage of doing this?
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It would really be great to have all bots labeled. Blue Sky can do it if it wants to.
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Which operator of a bot is actually going to volunteer it is a bot? Huh?
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I don't know what an automated account is. Please elucidate.
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I sincerely doubt that bot accounts are going to advertise they're bots...
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Please make it mandatory to label bots. They've killed every other Social Media platform and have caused dire impacts on the world at large.
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Feelin’ bot,bot,bot.
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I want the label to be involuntary so I can banish them to my own personaal Blocksky.
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Hmmmm and where do partially automated accounts fall? Tricky bc that will start to blur the line between creators/businesses using occasional automation
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When are you doing polls?
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Glad to see this and it really should be a requirement.
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Voluntary bot disclosure. Very human confidence in the honor system
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Cool, now fix @davidleavitt.bsky.social 's account. He's not a bot, not following a ridiculous amount of people. He got marked for spamming because he posted something that some nut job didn't like & they reported him repeatedly to censor him. Known David for years now, since Twitter.
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i have a "bot" that puts out our local weather every hour, i fear a bot labelling would be counter productive for it
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Is the label on automatically? Since it's a bot or an auromated account, it won't flip the label on by itself and if it could, why would it?
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is there a way to block bots and stop them following you?
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Do bots know they’re bots?
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Could you make it so that the bot’s profile links to the creator/manager of the bot? Transparency and accountability is key here.
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I sincerely trust (and hope) that the particularly wonderful, up lifting, enlightening and spectacularly excellent BlueSky will AUTOMATICALLY LABEL BOTS, AS SUCH, in the near FUTURE!
@bsky.app
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Sounds great!
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NÃO ATUALIZEM.
BUG ENORME DO @bsky.app

Atualizei e quando vai repostar ou citar, vai pra essa página e trava.
Nem a opção CANCELAR funciona.
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How about rolling back inline translate, which spews out absolute nonsense and is completely worthless and makes this place unusable?
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Self-Identification is all well and good, but is there included some way for non-self-reported accounts to be reported and marked after some sort of verification action by Bluesky?
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Please either make it compulsory or block them. This is not what Bluesky is about.
We want real people posting about real events.
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Someone should tell @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social then 🤖
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Let us all hope that this future you speak of comes soon.
Thanks for all of your hard work on this platform - it _is_ appreciated. :)
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Please make it a instant IP and Hardware ban for postbots that aren't marked as such.
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bro a human is required to make the bot a bot
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Thank you for this!!!
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The people want to open the app where they left off and scroll up in chronological order like Twitter always was, WHY make us start each time at most recent and read events in reverse?

The REAL update we want
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You need to STOP bots..NOT enable them!
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