Hi all!

Ryan Barrett

Hi all! Well, I didn’t plan it, but word got out anyway: Bridgy Fed‘s Bluesky <=> fediverse support went online a couple weeks ago, quietly and without announcement, but people still found it. Over 1200 accounts have turned it on so far and bridged themselves one direction or the other. It’s great to see so much early interest!

(For anyone unfamiliar with Bridgy Fed, here’s an introduction.)

It’s still very early, and I wasn’t quite prepared for this much volume this quickly. Expect lots of bugs, missing features, downtime, and other rough edges. The docs are mostly up to date, at least. If you hit a problem, search the open issues, and if you don’t see it there, feel free to file it.

Also, much of the current state is not final. Expect some design and policy choices to change. For example, right now you have to manually enable the bridge, but that may change eventually, at least for Bluesky accounts bridging into the fediverse.

Otherwise, there’s a ton to do, and I’m only one person, doing this on the side, so progress will be slow. They say if you don’t feel uncomfortable when you ship, you probably waited too long, so let me just say that I feel very uncomfortable right now, hopefully in a good way. Thanks again for all the interest, and for your patience!

BeAware :fediverse:

@snarfed.org thank you so much Ryan. It works very well, for the most part.

Again, sorry I kinda got excited early, hope that doesn't mess anything up in the short term.

All in all, this is a great move for the platform and I'm excited to see where this project goes and what kinda things you can do to make it more "seamless" in the future!

Roni Laukkarinen

@snarfed.org I was wondering "where's the announcement" and "where's the yes message in my DM" This explains it. Thank you for your hard work, you rock!

#BridgyFed

Durrandon

@rolle @snarfed.org
Kind of curious. I have a test account on Bluesky. I have it bridged and I am following it from my Mastodon account and vice versa. (Masto account is also bridged.) That had delays, but works. But none of my new posts on either end are showing after 25 minutes. Is this similar for other folks? (I am asking other people testing this out. Please ignore me Ryan. I know you are busy.)

Osma A

@snarfed.org
Thank you for your work! Federated social media needs to bridge protocol borders.

Laurens Hof

@snarfed.org 1200 accounts pre-launch without announcement is kinda nuts. Already way higher number than I expected in itself, but considering Threads hit a few thousand after a few weeks it is kinda bizarre that these numbers are so close

Laurens Hof

@snarfed.org hey this is cool, if both accounts are bridged and bridged account A boosts bridged account B it recognises the boost: