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Bluesky users cannot reliably inspect exact social counts

Bluesky users who want to track account and post activity run into counts that are rounded, unreliable, or hard to find. People want exact follower, follow/block, thread-reply, and view numbers, but the built-in experience does not make all of these easy to inspect; one person resorted to API tools. A standalone checker could cover metrics the available Bluesky data exposes, but it may not be able to provide view counts if the platform does not make them available.

For bluesky users and creators tracking account and thread metrics. Mentioned from May 2024 to Mar 2025 on Bluesky.

4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.

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  1. yeah they will randomly stop and start and not show the actual number of replies i went looking for a tool like this just so i could figure out how many posts i made in the thread without breaking out the API tools
    queerinmech.bsky.social on BlueskyMar 2025Asked for a tool
  2. where do y'all see your exact follower count after 1k bc that shit drives me crazy as much as i try to pretend it doesn't 😅
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