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Boris @bmann.ca · 05/09/2026

I am decommissioning the toolsforthought .social Mastodon server, and taking the opportunity to test moving my boris @ tft account to my main atproto account. This should happen somewhat automatically thanks to @anew.social's Bounce service bounce.anew.social

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Bounce

Bounce lets you migrate from one decentralized social network to another, keep all of your followers, and keep many of the people you follow.

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A New Social @anew.social · 06/08/2026

@microcosm.blue 🤝🏼 @anew.social A huge huge thanks to @bad-example.com for helping us with this! We couldn't do it without your support!

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microcosm: atproto building blocks @microcosm.blue · 06/08/2026

If you've backfilled the network before, you probably noticed the 65k bridged accounts you couldn't sync. …until a week ago! Bridgy Fed's `getRepo` is now open, and served by Hubble!

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Hubble first launch: 1500x cheaper getRepo for Bridgy Fed

Bringing Bridgy's backfill back! (and unblocking a big Bluesky broadcast 👀)

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A New Social @anew.social · 24/07/2026

We're launching a community server on Discord! It's a space for folks who contribute, build on, or use Bridgy Fed and Bounce, and a place for folks to support each other through any issues they may run into. That said, we know Discord isn't everyone's ideal choice - it's not ours either... 1/🧵

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Join the A New Social Discord Server!

Check out the A New Social community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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artistic vision by ViP @artistic-vision.de · 06/07/2026

I am simply amazed by what the guys from @anew.social are doing with Bridgy Fed, connecting the two worlds. My bridged pixelfed account almost feels like a first class citizen here, now that I gave it a proper handle: @pixelfed.artistic-vision.de #atproto #activitypub #bridge #bridgyfed #pixelfed

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 29/06/2026

We’re thrilled to have Bounce (@anew.social) as one of our honorable mentions at the Open Social Awards 🏆as one of many leading projects being built outside Big Tech! newpublic.org/OSA

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Open Social Awards | New_ Public

The awards aim to recognize and celebrate the breakthrough products of developers building on the Open Web.

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 29/06/2026

“We believe the heart of social networks are people — not platforms or protocols.” This is @quillmatiq.com from @anew.social, the non-profit behind Bounce. Bounce makes it easy for users to shift between the two biggest open social web protocols: AT Protocol and ActivityPub.

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 11/06/2026

Finally, Bounce (@anew.social) builds crucial infrastructure — making it easy for users to shift between the two biggest open social web protocols, ActivityPub (which powers Mastodon) and AT Protocol (which powers Bluesky.)

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New_ Public @newpublic.org · 08/06/2026

We also want to recognize our five amazing honorable mentions: Bounce from @anew.social, @dandelion.events, @stream.place, @leaflet.pub, and Bonfire Networks. These products all have something useful to offer, besides the fact that they’re running on decentralized protocols.

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A New Social @anew.social · 05/06/2026

So honored that Bounce is on this list of amazing projects 🫶 And congrats to @newsmastfoundation.org, @sill.social, and @blackskyweb.xyz for winning awards today!! So very well deserved!

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FediForum @fediforum.org · 05/06/2026

And congratulations to the honorable mentions: * Bounce * Dandelion * Streamplace * Leaflet * Bonfire Network at today's Open Social Award.

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A New Social @anew.social · 05/06/2026

Today, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates! We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people. Let's dive in... 1/🧵

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Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge

Today, we’re announcing a bunch of migration features and improvements across Bridgy Fed and Bounce. The main goal we had with these latest updates was to make it so people can migrate in every direct...

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A New Social @anew.social · 05/06/2026

This is such a crucial milestone for the open social web. Around here, we build Bridgy, not walls. And with this coalition of incredible organizations and individuals, we're going to break a whole lot more walls down together 🤝🏼💪🏼

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 05/06/2026

Incredibly proud to be a founding signatory as @anew.social! We're stronger together 🤝🏼

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmastfoundation.org · 05/06/2026

Just launched at Public Spaces in Amsterdam, The European Social Stack Open Declaration! A set of common principles agreed by complementary technology leaders 🫶 Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: european.social #EUSocialStack #Europe

A screenshot of text which reads: An open declaration, The European Social Stack. Open Social Platforms and Private Messaging. Sign the declaration.

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A New Social @anew.social · 04/06/2026

Whoa, those stickers on the top right look pretty cool 👀 (we'd eat from both plates btw, maybe even make a double decker sandwich with one from each)

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A New Social @anew.social · 02/06/2026

"Leading projects in our space are launching a declaration backing the European Social Stack on Friday at PublicSpaces, with Eurosky, Mastodon, the Social Web Foundation and A New Social among the founding signatories" 👀 👀 👀

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A New Social @anew.social · 28/05/2026

"The protocol world has been trying to solve the problem of how to leave, and the next step is working on how we can stay together." We couldn't agree more

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A New Social @anew.social · 27/05/2026

We heard folks on the Atmosphere like a credible exit 👀

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A New Social @anew.social · 12/05/2026

Connecting protocols is hard, complicated work. But somebody's gotta do it 💪🏼

Bridgy (and its parent A New Social) exists to help make the individual protocols less important: everyone should be able to collaborate with everyone else regardless of which platform they’re using. It’s the kind of thing that feels easy in the moment — but as this post proves, it’s far from simple under the hood.

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A New Social @anew.social · 11/05/2026

"The end result of all of this is that we grew from 2k users to almost 150k, added a ton of heavy new functionality, and still managed to optimize and cut down costs from $.15 per active user per month to just $.03 or so." - @snarfed.org breaks down all the work he's done to optimize Bridgy Fed 1/

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Bridging on a budget

Over the last few months, instead of adding new features to Bridgy Fed or Bounce, I’ve been focusing on cost cutting. It’s not fun, exactly. I’d rather be building new things! But we’re a non-profit, ...

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A New Social @anew.social · 11/05/2026

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Bridging on a budget

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brendan @schlage.town · 07/05/2026

Wrote up some thoughts on new *atmospheric generatives* Things that can generate value even in environments where everything can be copied, like: contextualization • fluidity • aggregation • relationality Riffing on a @kevinkelly.bsky.social piece from years ago; extending for the atmosphere!

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On atmospheric generatives…

How can we build moats on an open network? How can we make money when all the data's free? Here, I sketch some ideas for new generatives — contextualization, fluidity, aggregation, and relationality — for value creation in the atmosphere.

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Newsmast Foundation @newsmastfoundation.org · 07/05/2026

At #2MR our founder, @michael.eurosky.social, and Björn Staschen introduced the Hamburg Declaration - a shared set of principles, across protocols, focused on growing European social media alternatives. watch.2mr.social/w/mSkBvuNN2R... #EuropeanSocial #DigtialSovereignty

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The Hamburg Declaration – offene Netze gemeinsam stärken

Michael Foster, The Newsmast Foundation Björn Staschen, Save Social – Networks For Democracy

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A New Social @anew.social · 06/05/2026

We're so excited to have signed a declaration of cooperation with the amazing folks at @eurosky.social, @newsmastfoundation.org, Social Web Foundation, and Save Social to bring the open social web together. It's time to Build Bridgy, Not Walls 🌐

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Tynan is afk til 10/19 ⁂ @tynanpurdy.com · 05/05/2026

wow he's a patron of @anew.social that's like so cool I Will Also Support A New Social With My Dollars 😵‍💫🐸

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Tynan is afk til 10/19 ⁂ @tynanpurdy.com · 05/05/2026

Get these guys paid! They do so much critical work that is legitimately changing the internet for the better.

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 05/05/2026

Infrastructure isn't cheap, especially when you have nearly 150K accounts, most of which are *very* active. Please consider donating! We have tiers starting at less than $1/mo if you subscribe annually. We have a lot more coming, and Bridgy Fed and Bounce will be the foundation for all of it.

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A New Social @anew.social · 05/05/2026

We've been launching a ton of Bridgy Fed & Bounce features, and we have a lot more coming! We're also a non-profit run by two full-time volunteers, and majority of our expenses are infrastructure to keep it all running. If you believe in the mission and love our work, please consider donating 🫶🏼

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Get more from A New Social on Patreon

Centering social media around people, not platforms

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Pelle Wessman @voxpelli.com · 04/05/2026

The true secret sauce of Bridgy Fed: That it doesn’t just bridge Mastodon and Bluesky, it also bridges them both to and from the IndieWeb. And what’s the IndieWeb? At its core it’s POSH (Plain Old Semantic HTML), with some added WebMention on top. You can even make it work with a static site!

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A New Social @anew.social · 04/05/2026

A new challenger appears 💥 You can now log into the Bridgy Fed settings page with your website using IndieAuth! Bridging your website to the Atmosphere and the Fediverse just got a whole lot easier.

The Bridgy Fed login page offering five sign-in options: Bluesky, Blacksky Algorithms, Mastodon, Pixelfed, and IndieAuth (web).

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A New Social @anew.social · 02/05/2026

🎤 *ahem* 🎶 We don't care 🎶 👉🏼 Who's your host 👉🏼 Where you post 👉🏼 Don't care what's your DID As long as you Bridgy 🫶🏼

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A New Social @anew.social · 02/05/2026

Mackinac just keeps getting better 😍

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Ryan @snarfed.org · 02/05/2026

Also, Bridgy Fed supports inbound RSS for bridged web sites, *and* serves outbound RSS for feeds and notifications for other bridged accounts. We love RSS and the web!

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A New Social @anew.social · 01/05/2026

Your Leaflets now distribute via atproto / @standard.site, RSS, *and* email all at once. And if your Atmosphere account is bridged via Bridgy fed, you're also distributing via ActivityPub. Why would you ever need Substack when it barely does half of that *and* locks you in? It's time to switch 🍃

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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 01/05/2026

Very cool to see Bridgy Fed featured in the latest @eff.org piece 🙏🏼

Bridging is an important facet of POSSE, but also something more people should consider, even if they don’t run their own websites. For example, if you don’t want to create a Threads account just to interact with your one friend who uses that platform, you shouldn’t have to. The good news is, you don’t. There are several bridging services, like Fedisky, RSS Parrot, and pinhole, but Bridgy Fed is currently the simplest to use, so we’ll focus on that.

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A New Social @anew.social · 01/05/2026

A reminder: you can be on a @blackskyweb.xyz, @eurosky.social, @transrights.northsky.social, @selfhosted.social, @blueat.net, or *any* other Atmosphere PDS - including one you host yourself! - and Bridgy Fed will bridge you to the Fediverse

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Google Open Source @opensource.google · 29/04/2026

Easier interoperability between these two open protocols is exciting.

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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 28/04/2026

Bounce now goes both ways for real! You can now shuffle from atmosphere [atproto, Blacksky, Northsky, Bluesky, etc] <-> fediverse [ActivityPub ecosystem, Mastodon etc.] whenever you want and live your weirdest best life. blog.anew.social/bounce-pds-p...

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Bounce Update: PDS Provider Migrations

Today, we're launching a long-awaited feature for Bounce: migrating your Atmosphere account that lives in Bridgy Fed out of the bridge and into a PDS provider of your choice, Bouncing you from the Fed...

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A New Social @anew.social · 28/04/2026

@tynanpurdy.com saying it louder 🗣️🗣️🗣️

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Tynan is afk til 10/19 ⁂ @tynanpurdy.com · 28/04/2026

For the people in the back, if you made a Mastodon account a couple years ago and want to move to Bluesky, giving you access to the whole Atmosphere, you can migrate and *bring everything with you*. 1/🧵

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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 28/04/2026

Bounce from Mastodon. Join @blackskyweb.xyz 👈🏾

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A New Social @anew.social · 22/04/2026

As of 21:55 UTC, the maintenance is complete and bridging should be back ✅ Catching up on missed posts now ⏩ We're actively monitoring Bridgy Fed, but things are looking good so far!

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A New Social @anew.social · 22/04/2026

⚠️ We're about to kick-off our system maintenance. Expect intermittent pausing of bridging between 21:00 to 00:00 UTC. We'll backfill any missed posts after the maintenance is complete.

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