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Bluesky readers struggle to follow long threads and replies

Bluesky readers want to see a thread as continuous text, but reading posts one by one while scrolling can make it easy to miss parts. Long discussions are also harder to follow when replies cannot be collapsed, and some existing unroll tools reportedly fail on older threads because of API history limits. Readers resort to manual copying or tedious navigation instead.

For bluesky readers following long posts and reply discussions. Mentioned from Sep 2023 to Jan 2026 on Bluesky, GitHub and Hacker News.

19 different people described this problem in 15 separate discussions.

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What people said

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  1. I pay for your unrolls on Twitter and would gladly pay for unrolls here, too. Here's why. I know with your unrolls I will see what I miss when scrolling my feed
    realwuzzy.bsky.social on BlueskyDec 2024Asked for a toolWould payHas a workaround
  2. hey is there an app that lets you take a whole thread (specifically from Bluesky) and turn it into a continuous body of text? like something rather than copying and pasting each post, one after another
    winteron.bsky.social on BlueskyOct 2025Asked for a tool
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