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Social users struggle to build and maintain useful custom feeds

People who want feeds tailored to their interests find it cumbersome to create and maintain them: one Bluesky request describes an impractical list-based workaround, another says users must enter accounts individually, and another notes that keyword and allowlists go stale. Separately, some readers want less emotionally overwhelming news or recommendations that account for niche interests. The evidence supports a feed-curation opportunity, but does not establish that all these users want the same product or would pay for it.

For bluesky users and interest-driven readers. Mentioned from Aug 2023 to Sep 2026 on Bluesky, GitHub and Hacker News.

6 different people described this problem in 6 separate discussions.

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2 mentions in the last 12 weeks
Indie fit
3.0/10
Pain
6.0/10
Frequency
7.0/10
Willingness to pay
0.0/10
Momentum
6.3/10
Who pays
Consumers
Competition
Medium
Build difficulty
Medium

What people said

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  1. just adding a list of users doesn't work you have to enter in each one at a time on a skyfeed
  2. For what I understand, at the moment the only way to generate a feed from a list of users is to create a "mute list" and unsuscribe from it afterwards, which is not practical at all
Build brief

See what to build and who will buy it

  • 1 product idea with the smallest useful version and pricing
  • 3 places to find your first customers
  • 4 more quotes from people who have this problem
  • Current workarounds, existing solutions and risks