How Skycle works

Skycle makes a picture of the people you interact with most on Bluesky. Here is what happens, step by step.

1. You give a handle

Type a Bluesky handle on the home page. Skycle finds the account's identity and the server that holds its public records. No sign-in is needed, and any public account can be looked at.

2. It reads the public records

On Bluesky, everything you do is a public record in your own repository: a post, a repost, a like. Skycle reads those records, anonymously, for the period you picked (today, 7 days, 1 month, 6 months or 12 months). Each reply, mention, quote, repost and like points to another account, and counts towards it. Nothing is read from private messages, and nothing is written to your account.

3. It ranks the people

Every kind of interaction has a weight (a reply counts more than a like), recent interactions count more than old ones, and no single kind can dominate by volume alone. People who show up in several kinds of interaction get a small bonus. The same data always gives the same order. The full rules, with the numbers, are on the ranking page.

4. It leaves some people out

Accounts that opted out of Skycle never appear. Accounts you block, and those that block you, are left out, and so are deleted or suspended accounts. Accounts that hide themselves from logged-out visitors are blurred for everyone but you.

5. It draws the circle

The ranked avatars are placed by a layout (rings, grid, spiral, heart, honeycomb and more) with your colours, and the closest friends nearest the middle. You change the shape, the theme and the period, and the picture follows. You download it or, once signed in with Bluesky, post it.

6. What is kept

Public data is cached for a short time so a circle opens at once, and is never tied to you as a visitor. If you sign in, Skycle can keep a dated copy of your own circle so you can compare it over time; you can delete it. The privacy policy lists every retention period, and the opt-out page removes you from everyone's circles.

More questions? See the FAQ, or make your circle.