AieJul 24, 2025
GeePawHill

Reminder: Many bsky links require a sign-in, and are, hence, useless to anyone who is not on bluesky.

I am not on bluesky. I have reasons not to be, that I won't bother rehashing for you.

If you want to share things on mastodon, you might want to consider using links that are usable by people who are on mastodon.

Jul 22, 2025 at 1:40amWeb
Show threadIrenes (many)Jul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill very much agreed
Show threadGurre VildskäggJul 22, 2025

@GeePawHill
On the one hand: yes this gets annoying.
On the other hand: my impression is most ppl bridging over from BS just post as if it's all just one site. I know I do here on Mastodon, I.e. I don't think "this post is for those ppl on BS who follow me".
Does that make sense?

I wish they'd all come over to Mastodon, but like that the wonky bridging exists at all. Well done makers and maintainers of the bridge!

Show threadGeePawHillJul 22, 2025

@Gurre When you post here, and someone on bluesky links to it, the receiver of the link can read it.

Do you get the difference?

Show threadGurre VildskäggJul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill I do get the difference. It is annoying. But those BS users who post them make one post on BS where the link works and that post gets bridged to over here. It's not like they make separate posts aimed only at mastodon connections and put broken links in those.
Show threadFreediverXJul 22, 2025
@Gurre @GeePawHill
If I see an account posting mostly or exclusively Bluesky links, I just block them.
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeJul 22, 2025
@Gurre @GeePawHill well then — if they're not worried about the fact that we can't see their links, and never come here to engage — why bother linking at all? they should just not do that?
Show threadsotolfJul 23, 2025
@Gurre @GeePawHill Then I block them, if they care that little and are that lazy, don't need to waste time on their drivel.
Show threadHenrik PauliJul 23, 2025

@GeePawHill @Gurre You can absolutely copy a link to a fedi post that is followers only and will have other users (including accountless outsiders) be unable to read it without you realising because for the most part the little lock icon is barely visible.

It's mostly a UI problem with bluesky too — they do warn on the web interface that the link might be unusable without an account, but there's no visual cue about the quoted post.

Mostly nobody is doing this to spite fedi users, I'm sure.

Show threadChrisRJul 22, 2025
@Gurre @GeePawHill There are a lot of folk on Bsky whom (?) I enjoyed following when on twitter, and it pains me that they didn't come here. I have signed up to bridgy but failed to persuade many Bskyers to do likewise. I see posts from maybe 4 Bskyers, but it's better than nothing. I do have a Bsky account but rarely use it, though I've found more useful responses to queries there than here a couple of times. Never seen a dodgy link in either except the scam post t'other day here.
Show threadskrykingJul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill yeah I just ignore links from bs,fb, and X since I don't have accounts there.
Show threadRey Jul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill I have this convo w/ my husband regularly. "I can't read the quoted post there, sunshine, sorry"
Show threadEndyJul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill #mbin has the same issue, and it's a Fediverse service. So it's not just BSky.
Show threadZoe 💜Jul 23, 2025
@egoldblatt @GeePawHill Really? I can view my own posts on mbin without logging in
Show threadJared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jul 22, 2025

@GeePawHill I have unfollowed everyone on the bsky bridge, I don't follow those links, and anybody I do want to follow on bsky I use their RSS feeds through Feedbin.

I just don't have much interest in that network and find their corporate values consistently at odds with mine. 🤷‍♂️

Show threadSimon LucyJul 22, 2025

@GeePawHill

Do you complain about links to paywalled pages, generally newspapers, because that's more prevalent.

Show threadSascha Cowley has movedJul 22, 2025
@simon_lucy @GeePawHill I'm not the OP, but I'm similarly annoyed by them. Especially the NYT
Show threadZoe 💜Jul 22, 2025
@simon_lucy @GeePawHill Most links I see on the fedi to pay walled news sites have an archive.is or similar link alongside it or someone has provided it in reply. I think that the point made applies equally to news articles but I think social media links are more often shared without a way to get around the account requirement / pay wall in comparison.
Show threadSimon LucyJul 22, 2025

@ZoDoneRightNow @GeePawHill

There are a few that do that but a tiny minority.

Show threadGeePawHillJul 22, 2025
@simon_lucy I do, indeed. I also point out that regwall's aren't gift links.
Show threadkingmothJul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill More than agree with the statement, also I hate when peoples post on mastodon links who end up to some articles behind a paywall or a subscription.
Show threadAlexia Jul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill

pro tip:

you can slap the links into anartia.kelinci.net to get a JavaScript-optional, tracking-free and much faster read-only view of posts and profiles—without the login wall :)
Anartia

JavaScript-optional public web frontend for Bluesky.

Show threadFalling forward 🍉Jul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill
It's even better when people think I'm going to try and click through when all they post is "I love this" and a link. Nope. Not happening. 🐒
Show threadZorin =^o.o^=Jul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill @LunaDragofelis i've tried to spread the word that requiring a sign-in to view your posts on blue sky is a useless feature since everything is public anyway, but of course people don't listen.
Show threadRuss SharekJul 22, 2025

@GeePawHill

Agreed.

Show threadMax LeibmanJul 22, 2025
@GeePawHill I would put it in the same category as posting links to paywalled articles.

Not unforgivable, not necessarily even rude, but people should be aware of what they’re doing.