My experimental Mastodon to Bluesky bridge has shut down, and the relief is palpable. I intended to connect the good stuff on Mastodon to the Bluesky environment, but much like a clogged sewer line, the back pressure was… unfortunate.
In my last post, I discussed how Bluesky’s ATProtocol made automation with IFTTT and Zapier nearly impossible. Fortunately, at least in Zapier’s case, “almost” was the operative word. I found a couple of extremely useful JavaScript chunks on the Zapier forums that provided the bedrock for a subsequent solution. And now, viola! When I post to Mastodon, a matching post is made automatically to Bluesky… with some caveats. But let’s start with the fundamentals of this Zap.
Twitter is dying, but which of the three biggest replacement options will reign supreme? I explore one of those services — Bluesky — in depth. (Spoiler: I still prefer Mastodon.)
