This is a big deal! Super excited to be working with Tim and the team to launch this ground-breaking community app, where every account is automatically bridged to Bluesky, courtesy of @anew.social
🗣️ Build Bridgy, Not Walls
I, too, believe in building bridges. Especially the ones that seem the most difficult, because those are also the most urgent 🤝🏼
You should be able to find that cozy corner regardless of which technology your community members are using.
People, not platforms.
You can find both listings on FediForum Connect today
- Bridgy Fed: connect.fediforum.org/open-social-...
- Bounce: connect.fediforum.org/open-social-...
Love this project by @j12t.org and @fediforum.org that surface numerous ways you can use the open social web!
Excited to be a part of the launch with Bridgy Fed and Bounce listings already in place 🙏🏼
Lore drop 🧾
My talk from #AtmosphereConf is up on YouTube!
I talk about all the dreams we accomplished within only a year, lessons I learned along the way, and some of the new dreams I have for the next few years.
Biggest lesson: dream bigger, bc @snarfed.org can literally build anything.
Maybe Bridgy Fed hats for next #AtmosphereConf 🤔
We see no lies, but we do see a pretty cool hat 👀
We want to make bridging feel as native as possible. These feature are just the start.
Hi, Lottie! 👋🏼
This is amazing. Super glad to see the cross protocol client space heating up like this.
Love everything about this brand. It's a bridge and does what it says on the tin. Northern Michigan is also a place with a particular relationship w/ bridges. And for the locals, Mackinac is a shibboleth that's not pronounced the way anybody outside the region would understand.
This is just the start of the work on @mackinac.social, and we're really excited to see where it goes!
Making bridging more native blurs the line between technologies and lets people focus on their people.
Sign in with your Atmosphere or Mastodon account today: mackinac.social
4/fin
For bridged posts that exceed the 300-character limit, you can view the full text from a “view more” button. On profiles you can also see the full text and handles display as the native handles.
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A profile picture, followed by "Anuj Ahooja", then a bridge icon, and then "@quillmatiq@mastodon.social"
In your feed, bridged posts show up with a little bridged icon and handles display the way they do on their native ecosystem. No weird long Bridgy Fed handles!
If you view a bridged profile you get the switcher to jump to the other protocol and see the native profile.
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a screenshot of a landing page for mackinac social. on the left: Your bridge to the social web. Connect with people across the Fediverse and Atmosphere - seamlessly. on the right: a phone with mackinac on it
@mackinac.social, built by @whiteside.io, is an open social web client that's thinking multi-protocol and bridging-first! John's added a *ton* of unique features we've never seen before, so we wanted to outline a few of them in a thread 👇🏼
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A cartoon character with a white circular face, two brown dot eyes, and a curved brown mouth. The character has brown star-shaped hair, a brown circle above the hair, a brown body with outstretched arms, and stands on a light brown star-shaped base against a white background.
smh no annie character merch
An image of various merch labeled with PEOPLE, NOT PLATFORMS. Top left: a can-shaped glass with cold brew in it Top middle: a woman wearing a maroon long-sleeve tee Top right: a laptop with a sticker on it Bottom left: a man wearing a grey sweatshirt Bottom middle: an white insulated to-go mug Bottom left: a black hoodie
We heard a lot of people wanted People, Not Platforms merch at #AtmosphereConf 👀
We've got hoodies, t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more on our online store: store.anew.social
We had no idea! Thank you for the heads up - we'll check it out 👀
Let us know if you'd like to do any other Bridgy Fed integration!
If you're building an Atmosphere client or platform, and want to build a similar experience, check out how in our docs: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...
Got the blues because Fediverse posts coming through Bridgy Fed that are over 300 characters get truncated on the Atmosphere and you have to click into a link?
Well, good news: starting today, @deck.blue shows the *full* post from over the bridge - no truncation, no links!
“decentralization is a win for everyone”
🤝 It’s a big sky and we only win by working together
"this isn’t competition, it’s momentum" 🎯🎯🎯
Coming soon 👀
A New Social is at #AtmosphereConf and announcing new features for Bounce, the protocol migration service.
Soon, you'll be able to use Bounce to migrate your bridged account into any PDS in the Atmosphere, and keep all your followers in the Fediverse!
Check out Bounce at bounce.anew.social.
At #AtmosphereConf today, I'll be talking about our work at @anew.social building Bridgy, breaking down walls, and centering people, not platforms.
Hope to see you at Great Hall South @ 4pm 🌐
Deal 🤝
Noting it down to make sure we save you some ✍🏼
