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Can't use my own domain as my Bluesky handle without DMs (e.g., from Threads) #1745

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mavit opened this issue Jan 31, 2025 · 3 comments
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@mavit
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mavit commented Jan 31, 2025

Can I use my own domain as my Bluesky handle? says:

If your account is on the fediverse, send a DM to @[email protected] with the text username [domain] (eg username my.site.com).

Threads.net has one foot in the fediverse, but doesn't (yet?) support direct messages AFAICT. Thus, having added my DID to DNS, I can browse successfully to https://bsky.app/profile/example.com, but all links on the Bluesky side point to https://bsky.app/profile/example.com.threads.net.ap.brid.gy.

Could there be some other way of triggering a username update in this situation?

I realise, "Tell Meta to implement DMs", and "Don't use Threads for this" are both valid answers, here.

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snarfed commented Jan 31, 2025

Hey, sorry for the trouble!

Threads isn't the only fediverse software that doesn't support DMs; there are others that also don't. We're considering a web-based UI for this kind of stuff too, #1680. In the meantime, feel free to post or send me your Threads account and domain, I'll see what I can do.

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mavit commented Feb 1, 2025

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snarfed commented Feb 1, 2025

Done! https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eo45r3myxbmdjnnwardpgtfh , https://bsky.app/profile/afternoonplay.co.uk

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