terms & privacy

What FlashBlue Does

FlashBlue lets you post photos or text to Bluesky with self-destruct conditions. When those conditions are met (time limit, engagement count, or specific user interaction), FlashBlue automatically deletes the post from Bluesky on your behalf. You can also schedule posts to go live at a future time, and set up temporary follows that auto-unfollow based on a time limit or whether the other user follows you back.

Your Bluesky Credentials

To post and delete on your behalf, FlashBlue requires a Bluesky App Password. Here's how we handle it:

Your app password is encrypted using AES-256 encryption before being stored.
The encryption key is stored as a server environment variable — it is never in our code or version control. As with any web service, we recommend using a dedicated app password rather than your main password.
We never store your main Bluesky password — only app-specific passwords.
You can revoke your app password at any time from Bluesky Settings → App Passwords, which immediately prevents FlashBlue from accessing your account.
We do not share your credentials with any third party.

What We Store

Your Bluesky handle
Your encrypted app password
Metadata about your posts (URI, caption, destruct conditions, scheduled time, timestamps)
Metadata about your temporary follows (handle, follow record URI, unfollow conditions)
Session data to keep you logged in

We do not store photos — when included, they are temporarily held on disk until the scheduled post publishes, then deleted. For immediate posts, photos are held in memory only during processing.

Post history, follow history, and session data may be cleared as a result of service updates or redeployments. This is expected behavior for the current version of FlashBlue.

Post Deletion

FlashBlue checks destruct conditions approximately every 60 seconds. Deletion is not instant — there may be a delay of up to one minute between a condition being met and the post being removed from Bluesky. We cannot guarantee exact deletion timing.

Scheduled Posts

Scheduled posts are held in our database until their publish time, then posted to Bluesky automatically. If the service is redeployed before a scheduled post publishes, that post may be lost. Self-destruct conditions on scheduled posts apply from the time the post actually publishes, not from when it was scheduled.

Temporary Follows

FlashBlue can follow a Bluesky user on your behalf and automatically unfollow them based on conditions you set — a time limit, or if they don't follow you back within a specified window. If they do follow you back, any time limit is cancelled. Follow and unfollow actions are performed using your app password and are subject to Bluesky's rate limits. We cannot guarantee exact timing of auto-unfollows.

No Guarantees

FlashBlue is provided as-is. We make no guarantees that:

Posts will be deleted at the exact specified time
Scheduled posts will publish at the exact specified time
Auto-unfollows will happen at the exact specified time
The service will be available 100% of the time
Deleted posts weren't already seen, screenshotted, or cached by others

Your Responsibility

You are responsible for the content you post through FlashBlue. Do not use FlashBlue to post content that violates Bluesky's Terms of Service or any applicable laws.

Deleting Your Account

To remove your data from FlashBlue:

Revoke your app password in Bluesky settings
Contact us to request data deletion

Contact

Questions or concerns? Reach out via Bluesky.

Last updated: March 2026