That's on the client, not the protocol. A few folks have built clients but for some reason hasn't made this a feature. All posts are publicly accessible though

That's on the client, not the protocol. A few folks have built clients but for some reason hasn't made this a feature. All posts are publicly accessible though -- here's Jake Tapper's posts for example https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.listRecords?repo=did:plc:upkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65&collection=app.bsky.feed.post https://bsky.social/xrpc/com.atproto.repo.listRecords?repo=d... EDIT: This client lets you look up any post/profile without logging in https://blue.amazingca.dev/?username=did%3Aplc%3Aupkgvxvhn4ebia3arqy4ru65 https://blue.amazingca.dev/?username=did%3Aplc%3Aupkgvxvhn4e...