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 😊

@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! 😊

@manton Yea probably won't use as I have S3th.me over there as my handle, but good to know.