Sociabli

It wasn't that long ago that Mastodon was in the spotlight as a possible Twitter replacement. That didn't last long. Meta's Thread.net caused a stir for a while. During the last eXits, many users migrated to Bluesky.

This is understandable because coming from Twitter, the Bluesky interface feels familiar and intuitive. So-called starter packs that help find users to follow also added momentum.

You can argue about Bluesky – rightfully so – but many users are simply there. So it could be interesting to become active there too. Often this involves switching from one network to another – but it doesn't have to.

With Sociabli, Mark and I want to connect platforms, services, and the IndieWeb. We create flows that distribute your own content. Users can choose which services they want to link.

We are currently live with a beta and our focus has been on the flow between Mastodon and Bluesky. Users can activate the flow and thereby mirror their Mastodon posts to Bluesky. We take care of all the details:

• Share long Mastodon posts so that they are posted as 300-character threads on Bluesky
• Scale images so they are not too large for Bluesky
• Mirror these images, of course
• Convert URLs and hashtags so that Bluesky recognizes them
• Filter replies that would lead to nowhere on Bluesky

Our second flow leads from your own blog to medium.com. If you publish a blog post, it is also published on Medium. We create an introduction, can set a title image and tags, and take care of the correct Canonical URL so that search engines don't have any trouble with it.

While Mastodon and Bluesky flows are controlled via RSS feeds, we have provided a webhook for content from your own blog. Using this, we will not only cross-post to Medium in the future, but also connect to other services.

Users can either call up the webhook themselves or use our Kirby plugin. A WordPress plugin is also on its way.

We are still in the early beta phase, so it may not be entirely smooth sailing yet and we need to see how our systems perform under load when more active users use the system. Currently, our service can be used for free, but there will also be a fair paid plan in the future; at the latest when more services are connected and we reach the point where we need to scale further, that doesn't come for free.

If you feel comfortable on Mastodon but have the urge to be active on Bluesky too, we invite you to take a look at Sociabli.