Bluesky Now Brings X-Like Blue Checks For Verified Accounts: How It Works

Last Updated:April 23, 2025, 12:45 IST

Bluesky is bringing verified profiles for its users so that authentic and genuine accounts are allowed to post content and share videos on the platform.

Bluesky is launching its own blue check verification feature which confirms the earlier reports about its testing in the wild. Similar to X’s (formerly Twitter’s) original blue tick, the Bluesky accounts with blue tick authorises the legitimacy of notable accounts, allowing users to easily have faith that the messages from those accounts are authentic.

“Trust is everything. Social media has connected us in powerful ways, but it hasn’t always given us the tools to know who we’re interacting with or why we should trust them,” the company stated in a new blog post. It went on to say that the domain addresses will be included in the verification process, which will “proactively verify authentic and notable accounts and display a blue tick next to their names.”

In its initial stage, Bluesky will collaborate with a small number of “Trusted Verifiers,” which are impartial companies that can confirm accounts as team members. For instance, a company could utilise blue checks to confirm that its public relations team members are reliable sources of company news. It would help users recognise that these individuals are trustworthy.

According to Bluesky, each new verification will be checked for authenticity by its moderation team. Those interested in “self-verifying” can use their domain as their username on the site, although this excludes the millions of people who do not own a domain.

Bluesky is not yet taking direct applications for verifications, and it is unclear how celebrities, politicians, athletes, journalists, and others will be identified.

However, the only drawback of such a verification system is that it can pose difficulties for up-and-coming creators and individuals who might have made a name for themselves on a rival platform but aren’t well-known.

Bluesky is a text-focused social media service that allows you to post short messages of up to 300 characters, pictures, videos and send direct messages, or DMs as well.

Bluesky runs on a decentralised framework, similar to the social network Mastodon. It allows users to build independent social media experiences and users can join a specific “server”, which has its own unique set of rules, interests and participants.

In many ways, Bluesky is/was similar to X/Twitter but one cannot disregard the value of being set up in a decentralised framework. This means that user data can be stored on independent servers rather than those owned by the firm, and that in the future, users will be allowed to create their own servers to use with communities of their choice.