As requested by here are all the unique features of which I will keep up to date.

Lia Belle 🩷's avatar

Well, a few weeks ago I suggested @eurosky.social @mu.social to create a list of MU’s special features— compared to Bsky app’s (link): @renderg.host any update pls? 🙂

Follow for updates.

Cats

Companion Cat

A little cat hangs out at the bottom of the screen. Tap it to pet it – scratch its head or tickle its belly.
Christian Alder's avatar

She sleeps 🐈️💤 @mu.social

The mu.social companion pixel cat (Mine is an orange tabby) scaled up super big to fit the browser window, and in various animation states, from playful to sleeping.
flo-bit's avatar

making social media better, one cute cat at a time @mu.social

screenrecording of mu.social showing a cute little cat at the bottom of the screen

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/cat-companion

Content

Code Samples

flo-bit's avatar

a feature i and many others long wanted in bsky now on @mu.social: syntax highlighting, both directly in the post and for longer code as a @tangled.org string embed! "we can just yolo-merge things!"

screenshot of bluesky post on mu, showing some code that is highlighted.screenshot of a bluesky post on mu, with a tangled string embed

View Example → https://mu.social/profile/flo-bit.dev/post/3mofugngaws27

Edit Post

🥇 The number 1 most requested feature on the network!

Eurosky Social's avatar

Post editing on mu.social

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News Feed

Daniel / SwissInHKG 🇨🇭🌏's avatar

The biggest upside of @mu.social compared to the official @bsky.app is the news page, where you can pre-filter the topics. A good option to login there, when I like to see more news, but less politics.

Post image

Go to → https://mu.social/news

Thread Reader

Lia Belle 🩷's avatar

To access the Unroll Thread, you mean? Tap the icon in the pink circle to active/deactivate it (screenshot):

Tap the icon in the pink circle to active/deactivate the Unroll Threads on MU.social
Eurosky Social's avatar

You know when you find a great thread but it’s hard to read? Now with one tap (top right) in mu.social you get one uninterrupted view. Featuring @howtobuildup.bsky.social @marleenstikker.eurosky.social @robin.berjon.com cc @mu.social

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Sports Updates

mu's avatar

World Cup? We got you covered. cc @brookie.blog

A video showing the World Cup feature in the mu app. In the explore section of the app, there is a gallery showing the all the game results and a rankings toggle that expands into a table of group standings.

Go to → https://mu.social/search

User Experience

Browser Extension

Automatically redirects bsky.app to mu.social.
Nicolò Ribaudo's avatar

Announcing "bsky-to-mu", a browser extension that automatically redirects bsky.app links to @mu.social. Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... Chrome: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bsky-... GitHub: github.com/nicolo-ribau...

Screenshot of the mu.social homepage, with on top Bluesky and mu.social logos, with an arrow pointing from one to the other.

Go to →

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bsky-to-mu/

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bsky-to-mu/fmcfinfgjehkegfmjcnfeajogkgphime

Theme Switcher

mu's avatar

mu is pink but it can also be blue and orange.

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B. Prendergast's avatar

Me, back on bsky iOS after spending all day on @mu.social :

What Smells Like Blue?

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/appearance

Translation

Choose which service the “Translate” button opens. DeepL and LibreTranslate are privacy-friendly alternatives to Google.
mu's avatar

You can use the translation provider under settings --> languages

Settings panel titled 'Translation provider' with the description: 'Choose which service the "Translate" button opens. DeepL and LibreTranslate are privacy-friendly alternatives to Google.' Below is an open dropdown menu currently set to DeepL, showing three options: DeepL (selected, with a checkmark), Google Translate, and LibreTranslate.

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/language

Other

Trusted Verifiers

This note introduces the Trusted Verifier Program on mu (mu.social) and outlines the guidelines for organizations designated as trusted verifiers.
Verification · mu
The Trusted Verifier Program on mu: a democratic, plural approach to verification. Verification tells you an account is who they claim to be.
https://hello.mu.social/verification/