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Junghyuk Han
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STS, HCI, New Media
Student @ Kyung Hee University
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Bluesky gives users the power to choose their algorithms, but how does this actually work in practice?

In our new preprint, we explore the ecosystem of Bluesky custom feeds and the feed creators behind them! 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2609.12958
Middleware for Feed Recommendation in Practice: How Feed Creators Build, Maintain, and Sustain Custom Feeds on Bluesky
Scholars have long proposed third-party middleware as an alternative to centralized algorithmic feeds: feeds built and distributed by independent feed creators. This vision saw no large-scale instanti...
arxiv.org
September 14, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Reposted by Junghyuk Han
**Please repost** If you're enjoying Paper Skygest -- our personalized feed of academic content on Bluesky -- we'd appreciate you reposting this! We’ve found that the most effective way for us to reach new users and communities is through users sharing it with their network
August 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Reposted by Junghyuk Han
🧵 On social media, we feel trapped in “filter bubbles” and “echo chambers.” Often, we see this as a problem with the algorithm. Our new essay argues the problem is the feed interface itself: it constrains our movement—all we can do is scroll. We lay out an alternative vision:
From Feeds to Trails
To design the future of social media, rethink the interface before the algorithm.
leaflet.pub
April 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM