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NFC#844 @batbeeps@chitter.xyz★ New blog post: The Bluesky hater's guide to using Bluesky (aka, how to use Bluesky without *actually* using Bluesky)
A real quick post inspired by a thing I wrote on Cohost.
https://beeps.website/blog/2024-09-18-the-bluesky-haters-guide-to-using-bluesky/
I had to update the list of caveats to add more Mastodon features that Bluesky doesn't support. lol. lmao.
@batbeeps nice, thanks for the easy run-down!
DarkOverord 
@batbeeps Re: "For Windows and Android… I have no clue."
Windows I use Sengi - https://nicolasconstant.github.io/sengi/
Android I use Tusky - https://tusky.app/
If that's worth anything
@batbeeps GRANTED I realise Sengi is Web based so OS doesn't matter lol
@DarkOverord @batbeeps I love Tusky, but it does come with the caveat that you almost certainly won't get push notifications without installing a UnifiedPush platform. In my case, I prefer gCompat-UP Distributor (I think is the full name) because it doesn't have the same per-instance rate limiting that ntfy does. Ntfy is cool, but their core instance rate limits to the point that even moderate furry instances can have notifs cut off after a certain point each hour.
And running a third-party instance where you'd get push notifications for sure requires compiling and Play Store-distributing a custom build.
@DarkOverord @batbeeps Can also use Nextcloud to distribute them but that's a little more involved than I feel is necessary x3 But could be kinda cool for an instance that allows SSO via the instance to sign into a small-storage Nextcloud.
@DarkOverord @KayOhtie @batbeeps I get zhe push notifications eventually usually. But zhey're often hours late
@batbeeps Sorry to ask this so long after the article has been written
This method has some serious caveats that I can't see myself looking past.
The fact that you have to use a second account on a mastodon client just. It kinda defeats the purpose of not making a bluesky account In the first place. If I'm going to have a second account that requires monitoring as well why not just make a bluesky account?
Why can't this cross posting tech also crosspost a bluesky feed to a bot or something that I could follow on fedi with this account?
@Lilium_Mortem The intent there is that if you’re already using a Mastodon client that supports multiple accounts, you don’t need to use an entirely new and separate client to use Bluesky.
There are tools that let you directly follow individual Bluesky accounts on the fediverse, but they—correctly—require individual consent. Every Bluesky user you might want to follow would have to separately sign up for a bridging service before you could follow them.
Cross posting a person’s posts to a different platform without their consent is almost certainly a violation of some terms of service somewhere (if not just ethically dubious).
Having it be a separate account/feed avoids that problem because to Bluesky it’s a Bluesky account following Bluesky’s users. All the bridging is happening between Bluesky and the client you’re using.