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Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 21/10/2024

It opens a pop up first that shows you the full link to prevent malicious links!

Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 20/10/2024

I think (!) it's @voidlinux.mom‬ but whether they actually take donations I don't know 🫣

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Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 20/10/2024

I think OAuth will roll out more soon. In the meantime app passwords are used, they are different than your actually account password and have limited access!

If you know of more community handles, please put them in the comments!

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How to make Bluesky kawaii ✨ (2/2) 2️⃣ Use the kawaii Bluesky logo. Just visit bsky.app?kawaii=true! #sky-tan #tutorial

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How to make Bluesky kawaii ✨ (1/2) 1️⃣ Use the kawaii.social community handle. #sky-tan #tutorial

Bluesky Tutorial: How to make your handle kawaii

Follow these steps:
1. Visit kawaii.social in your browser and follow the instructions on the page.

2. They are pretty straight forward but ask in the comments if you have difficulties!

About community handles:
Bluesky uses domains as handles. The default handle
looks like this: @yourname.bsky.social

You can set your handle to any domain you own.
For example, as Bluesky owns the domain bsky.app
they can use @bsky.app as their handle. This automatically acts as a form of verification.

Those who don't own a domain can use
community handles, e.g. @sky-tan.kawaii.social

The user owning the domain kawaii.social allows
other Bluesky users to use it for their handles.
There are a few more community handles such as
swifties.social or army.social.

Please note:
1. You'll have to update links that lead to your old handle
2. If in the future kawaii.social would go down, you'll have
to go back to bsky.social again.

Please consider a donation to the domain owner

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As an example of how custom feeds can use them: I wouldn‘t be surprised if the feed Vtuber Fightclub searches for posts tagged with #vtuber #envtuber #vtuberuprising #vsky and other hashtags (and words) and displays all of them in one feed.

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You can search for them, they can be used in custom feeds and when you click on them you get the option to either see all posts or only posts from that specific user tagged with the hashtag. Test it here to see all my posts tagged with #QaA Also adding hashtags won‘t get you deboosted!

Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 18/10/2024

As far as I can see, it doesn't cause I don't see any way to edit your profile within deck.blue. Maybe we will be able to in the future!

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Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 18/10/2024

Learn how to make links prettier! ✨ You will need to use the third party client deck.blue. You can log into it with your Bluesky account and an app password #sky-tan #tutorial

Bluesky tutorial
How to make links prettier.

Follow these steps:

1. Log into deck.blue, a third party client akin to what Tweet Deck was for Twitter.

2. Compose a new post by clicking the button on the top left.

3. Copy your link, select text you want to turn into a link and hit paste (CTRL+V)

4. Your links should look this in the composer: [Text](https://link.com)

5. Hit Post!

Bonus tip

Hit "Win + ." in the deck.blue post composer to open an emoji selector. Alternatively you can type ":" and it opens an emoji drop down selector like in Discord.

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Sky-tan @sky-tan.kawaii.social · 18/10/2024

Q: What's an app password? A: It's a password you can use on third party clients like @deck.blue without giving full access to your account. They are always different from your account password! #sky-tan #QaA

Question: What's an app password?
Sky-tan answers..
There are many third party clients like deck.blue (think of TweetDeck for Bluesky) that you can use with your Bluesky account.

App passwords allow you to use third party clients without giving full access to your account. So they are always different from you account password!

How to create an app password
1. Go to Settings > Advanced > App Passwords
2. Click on Create App Password to create one.
3. Give it a name and enable access to DMs if you want.
4. You will now get a password that looks like this
xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx that you can use on the
login page of third party clients.

Please note!
You can't view or change this password again.
If you lose it you can just quickly create a new
app password and login with that instead!

Stay safe!

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There's also the Sky Follower Bridge which is a plugin for Chrome and Firefox that lets you go into your Twitter follows and find accounts that are on Bluesky and follow directly from there.

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Through multiple ways: - In the Discover feed (a default feed) - Through a repost in the following feed - In a custom feed (e.g. art or fandom related or general use feeds) - In hashtags when searching for them - Through Starter Kits made by other people - Existing following from other socials

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Please note that some user created feeds may be loading slower at the time as Bluesky experiences a high influx of new users. Once the storm is over they will probably go back to normal as well!

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Mentions: bsky.app/profile/did:... Popular with Friends: bsky.app/profile/did:... Quiet Posters: bsky.app/profile/did:... The 'Gram: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Q: Which custom feed do you recommend to follow? A: Find some about your interests. General use feeds are linked below! #sky-tan #QaA

Question: Which custom feeds do you recommend to follow?
Sky-tan answers:
Many custom feeds cater to specific interests. For example Game Dev shows all things game dev, Vtuber Fightclub shows all things vtubers etc. Find feeds for your interests in the Feeds menu!
Recommended feeds for general use are:
Mentions (This feed shows mentions, comments and quote reposts. Basically a way to filter notifications!)
Popular with Friends (Content that your follows like. Good for discovery, especially after following a lot of people.)
Quiet posters (Some follows don't post often. This feed makes sure you see their posts when they do!)
The 'Gram (Only shows pictures by people you follow. Good for those who just want to see art.)
Share your fav feeds in the replies!

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Q: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms? A: Not quite! #sky-tan #QaA

Question: Is it true that Bluesky doesn't use algorithms?
Sky-tan answers..
Not quite! Bluesky actually has many algorithmic feeds but it gives you the right to choose and create them! Currently they can be categorized like this: Following (Posts from people you follow in a chronological order without algorithm), Discover (Official feed from Bluesky that acts like a For You page. Can be fine tuned!), Custom Feeds (Feeds created by the community. You can create your own too!)
Bonus tip: In settings > Following Feed Preferences you can enable posts from custom feeds to show up in your following feed!

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