Custom feed (Bluesky)
A selectable, custom feed in the Bluesky app powered by a feed generator. The user can subscribe to many and switch between them as tabs — e.g. a chronological following feed, a topic feed, and a discovery feed side by side.
The difference from a regular feed: in traditional apps there's one (1) algorithmic feed you don't control. In Bluesky "custom feeds" are first-class objects — you pin the ones you like and they become tabs at the top. Behind each feed is a feed generator (can be third-party). You can drop a toxic feed and choose a calmer one with one click. Use case: following a niche community, filtering out the algorithmic noise, or building your own thematic feed. Together with moderation labelers and mass-block lists, custom feeds make up Bluesky's "composable moderation/curation" philosophy: the power over what you see lies with you, not the platform.