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Bluesky users struggle to manage and clean up account lists

Bluesky users lack convenient ways to inspect and act on their social graph: finding inactive follows, checking list membership, clearing muted accounts, or applying block lists can mean tedious manual work. Existing options are described as incomplete or unreliable, and users want more control than simply blocking or muting accounts. The broader signals about deleting accounts across the web, WhatsApp group reachability, and community-app account retention are adjacent problems, not a strong fit for this product.

For bluesky users managing their social graphs. Mentioned from Nov 2023 to Aug 2026 on Bluesky, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.

14 different people described this problem in 14 separate discussions.

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1 mention in the last 12 weeks
Indie fit
4.0/10
Pain
5.1/10
Frequency
9.8/10
Willingness to pay
2.7/10
Momentum
4.7/10
Who pays
Consumers
Competition
Medium
Build difficulty
Medium

What people said

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  1. Is there an app for mass unfollowing people who haven’t posted in over a year? I’m following too many people and do need to weed it down, but pruning the inactive accounts would at least make me feel better about the number
  2. Is there a tool that goes through your following list and highlights people who haven't posted in, say, 3 months?
    ela-bambust.bsky.social on BlueskyJan 2025Asked for a tool
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