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Hi everyone! Time for a [Bridgy Fed](
Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.
) status update. We have a lot of new features and bug fixes to announce [since the last time](
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Hi everyone! It’s been a while since last time, and we’ve been busy, so here’s another Bridgy Fed status update. First, we’...
), so here we go!
<li><a href="
https://blog.anew.social/bridgy-fed-config-patreon/">Added a web-based UI for enabling and configuring the bridge for your accounts.</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1031">Added support for fediverse split domain mode</a>, ie when your webfinger address and server are on different domains</li>
<li>We now <a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1074">fully support Bluesky custom handle changes and propagate them to bridged accounts</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1305">Fediverse instance admins can now automatically enable the bridge for their users and automatically give them custom Bluesky handles</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/arroba/issues/30">Redesigned our Bluesky firehose server</a>, which has significantly improved its reliability and reduced delays <a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1641">in both directions</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/arroba/issues/52">Implemented</a> <a href="
https://github.com/bluesky-social/proposals/tree/main/0006-sync-iteration">ATProto sync v1.1</a>. This isn’t a user-visible change, but it’s an important part of reducing the cost of running an ATProto relay</li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1374">Implemented pinned posts for fediverse => Bluesky</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1353">Detect videos that are too long for Bluesky and link to them instead of including them as broken video embeds</a> (thank you <a href="
https://github.com/Daft-Freak">@Daft-Freak</a>!)</li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1877#issuecomment-2800033419">Improved our compatibility with Mastodon profile updates</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1839">Improved our</a> <a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1615">handling of HTML</a> in web link previews</li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1936#issuecomment-2899183997">Made DMs smarter about understanding handle formats and encodings</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1825">Started using an image proxy for Threads</a>, to work around its image URLs expiring</li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1650">Bug fix for images that are reused across fediverse posts and drafts</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1503">Link to audio attachments instead of ignoring them</a> (thank you <a href="
https://github.com/Daft-Freak">@Daft-Freak</a>!)</li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1634">Improve fediverse instances’ hashtag handling so that they open inside the local instance</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1840">Added “Open in Mastodon” support for user pages on fed.brid.gy</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1769">Improved our nodeinfo support for Friendica</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1770">Handle fediverse posts with over 8 hashtags</a></li>
<li>Fediverse => Bluesky: <a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1144">fix text formatting for posts with < and > characters</a></li>
<li>Bluesky => fediverse: <a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1394">add support for “out-of-line” hashtags</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1609">Make our fediverse posts more translate-able</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/758">When a user tries to enable the bridge but isn’t eligible, DM them an explanation</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/758">Don’t apply spam filters to users who aren’t bridged and follow a bridged user</a></li>
<li><a href="
https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/issues/1771">Improved our deploy process so that it no longer causes delays temporarily</a></li>
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