It’s probably not well known that when you enable Bluesky in Micro.blog, it also enables your blog domain name to be used as your Bluesky handle. In fact it’s so hidden a feature that I forgot if I had ever implemented this and had to double-check today.

@manton oooh that's a fun one!

@manton Sick!

@manton Does it automatically provision the DNS/.well-known record for the handle to be claimed by a BlueSky account set up for cross-posting? Cool!

@manton Yep, that's exactly what it does!

@manton this is cool! I had a follow-up question on this. When I followed the process in the help page, I wound up with mydomain.org@mydomain.org -- any idea how I might change the first part of the handle while preserving the custom domain?

@manton This is great! 💪 I have previously done this via Bluesky instructions (at my domain registrar). Is there any added benefit by doing it on MB end instead? Just wondering if I'll switch to that 😊

@juha No real benefit to letting Micro.blog handle it if you've already set it up, unless you want to move your domain to be managed by Micro.blog so it's in one place.

@7robots I'm a little confused how you ended up with that… This is for Bluesky or fediverse (Mastodon) sharing? Bluesky uses domain names without the "@" sign. For fediverse, you can reset it to by anything@yourdomain.org.

@manton I think I figured it out. I'm new to bluesky, so still learning its quirks.

@manton I saw the Help article first and had a weird feeling that it sounded familiar. Maybe you mentioned it at Micro Camp or on a podcast or something idk.

@manton Oh. No that wasn't well known at all... what if I already have a custom / different domain of mine set as Bluesky handle?

@z428 That's fine! If you're already happy with your Bluesky handle, you can ignore this. It won't interfere with anything.

@manton Ok, thanks, that's good to know. 🙂

@manton Got it, thanks Manton! 😊