How to follow Bluesky from Mastodon and Mastodon from BlueskyFiguring out which social media services to use can be difficult. From Mastodon, you can follow users on any Mastodon instance and folks using things like WordPress, Flipboard, Pixelfed, and Threads. If you or your friends use Bluesky, you can’t directly follow folks on other services. Bluesky uses the AT Protocol (Authenticated Transfer Protocol, or atproto), whereas the other services use ActivityPub. The two aren’t compatible with each other. A while back, I found Bridgy Fed to bridge the gap between the two, though. If you follow @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy from your Mastodon account or @ap.brid.gy from your Bluesky account, it creates an account on the other service and syncs everything.  Using it, I can have my original GoToSocial (compatible with Mastodon but different) account bridged to a Bluesky account.  You can follow it, like posts, and send replies.  The bridge has its issues, but it is much easier than maintaining multiple accounts on multiple services.  The alternative is to use something like OpenVibe.#Bluesky #Fediverse #Mastodon

The bridge works by creating a new account on one side or the other. To use it, you must migrate either your Mastodon or your Bluesky to it and have the remaining account be the canonical you. I’ve looked into it, and I’m not seeing another way.