We’re that much closer to seeing the worlds of Blusky and Mastodon come together in a way that users on either platform can remain on the platform of their choice but, be able to communicate to others on the other platform. 

The problem is that both sides use differing protocols for their underlying systems. Blusky is built with the AT Protocol which is a much newer protocol. Mastodon uses the ActivityProtocol not just Mastodon but also services like Peertube, Owncast, Whalefunk, and many more. Work has been ongoing in many different camps for a solution to bring together the users of both extremely popular sites.

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An important step toward a more interoperable “fediverse” — the broader network of decentralized social media apps like Mastodon, Bluesky and others — has been achieved. Now, users on decentralized apps like Mastodon, powered by the ActivityPub protocol, and those powered by Bluesky’s AT Protocol, can easily follow people on other networks, see their posts, as well as like, reply and repost them.

Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed - Tech Crunch

Very interesting times ahead as many, if not most of us, are extremely tired of the centralized social networks of the past 20 years. This is the reason we’ve moved on to places like Mastodon and Bluesky. To see that bridging connections between is a great step in the right direction. While both sites can remain separate, it’s for a better experience for users to have the option of finding common ground with users from a competing network. 

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I actually tried this and it works.  LOL! It bridges pictures and keeps the alt-text and even the hashtags.  And I sent it from my Ice Cubes app on my iPad, so…  

The downside is that if you already have an account on the platform your reaching out to, the two don’t connect.  So anyone from Mastodon has to follow a new account if they want to see my stuff I post on Bluesky.  That account would be: @coreyartus.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

And anyone from Bluesky has to follow a new account if they want to see anything I post on Mastodon: @Coreyartus.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy

Also, Mastodon posts, with their 500 character limit, get chopped off at 300. (Personally, I hate the 300 character micro-blogging limit because I think it’s only taught us that we shouldn’t say anything that can’t be put into a soundbite, and there are plenty of examples of platforms where that limit simply isn’t necessary.)

But it’s an interesting development. I’m not sure I want to redo my Carrd to yet more new accounts…  I have to think about that.

And comments made on one side translate to the other, too… 

This is kinda trippy.

45 minutes ago, Coreyartus said:

And comments made on one side translate to the other, too… 

This is kinda trippy.

Well, posts made by folks using Bridgy and perhaps following the Mastodon Mirror account. I’d assume the same thing is true on the reverse. If I comment on a Bluesky post from Mastodon, and I’m not using Bridgy or following the mirrored Bluesky account, none of my comments register on the Bluesky side.

Still, it’s a HUGE step forward!!

I agree in that this is a great feature and I'm looking forward in to not needing to have this workaround. It would simply bridge your current accounts and those of the people following your accounts.