you could show me this screenshot and i would not believe you that this is a real thing on a real website, this is like some @soren.bsky.social stuff
paying for the ability to block stalkers is so comically fucking stupid it’s funny again
also hey if you don‘t have your own domain for a handle yet, and want to make sure this place doesn‘t croak, you can uh, SOMEWHAT contribute to that by buying a domain directly through them!
We’re excited to share our first paid service! We’re partnering with Namecheap to provide easy custom domain management. With this, you can easily set a custom domain as your Bluesky handle and much more. Simply navigate to https://account.bsky.app to get started.
We’re excited to announce a new feature that allows users to seamlessly purchase and manage domains directly through Bluesky.
People keep asking how to get a handle with a different ending. You just need to own the domain and you can change your handle to it :) Just click the "I have my own domain" in the handle change option in Settings and follow the instructions
BY THE WAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT. If you want everyone showing up on your feeds, you gotta go into Settings > Basic > Languages and clear the Content Languages field. Essential.
i GET why they haven‘t, i GET it‘s incredibly, STUPIDLY hard to do anything private on a network whose entire database is public, you‘re getting into group encryption and all that really complex shit but like that doesn‘t mean i *want* it any less, having a space to talk and share shit is just nice