Are Bluesky Bookmarks Public?

No. Bluesky bookmarks are private. The author isn't notified, and nobody else can see your list.

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What other people can see on Bluesky

  • Your bookmarks: nobody. Only you see your list, and the author gets no notification.
  • Your likes: public. Anyone can see who liked a post.
  • Your reposts: public. They show on your profile and on the post.

Keep a private backup

Bluesky only keeps your bookmarks while the post exists. If the author deletes it or their account is suspended, the bookmark is gone. Birdfeeder keeps a private, searchable copy of every bookmark you save on bsky.app, and every one of them stays private in Birdfeeder too.

Share the ones you choose

Bluesky is built on the open AT Protocol, but the posts you save still land in a private list that only you can see on bsky.app. There is no built-in way to hand that list to anyone else. Birdfeeder adds that missing piece, letting you open up individual saved posts while keeping everything else to yourself.

Each bookmark in Birdfeeder has its own visibility toggle. Switch a Bluesky post to public and it appears on your Birdfeeder profile; every other bookmark stays private. The moment you publish your first one we create a public Birdfeeder profile for you, giving the wider Bluesky community a curated page of your favourite finds rather than access to your whole reading list.

If you are curious what a public profile looks like, take a look at my personal profile.

Screenshot showing the way to make a bookmark public

Let us know what you think!

Are Bluesky bookmarks public?
No. Bluesky keeps every bookmark private to your own account, even though the network itself is built on the open AT Protocol. Birdfeeder adds an opt-in way to publish specific posts on your own public profile.
Can other people see which posts I've bookmarked on Bluesky?
No, not by default. Your bookmarks stay private on bsky.app, and importing them into Birdfeeder doesn't change that: every bookmark starts private in Birdfeeder too. Nothing becomes visible to anyone else unless you deliberately switch that specific bookmark to public.
Do I have to make all my bookmarks public?
No. Each bookmark has its own visibility toggle, so you choose exactly which posts show up on your public Birdfeeder profile and which stay private.

Keep a private, searchable backup of your Bluesky bookmarks

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