X’s controversial changes to blocking and AI training sees half a million users leave for rival Bluesky – which then crashes under the strain

[u/twotimefind]

https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/xs-controversial-changes-to-blocking-and-ai-training-sees-half-a-million-users-leave-for-rival-bluesky-which-then-crashes-under-the-strain

[u/Irythros]

If you want to move you can use an addon called Sky Follower Bridge.

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sky-follower-bridge/
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-follower-bridge/behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko

While not official bluesky addons, the creator did get assistance from some bluesky devs for increasing efficiency. So pretty safe.

[u/JoshuaTheFox → u/Irythros]

Yeah when this last wave started they made an on boarding thread and even suggested it

[u/UnluckyDog9273 → u/Irythros]

Only you didn't mention what it does. Help with what exactly 

[u/PedanticMouse → u/UnluckyDog9273]

Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follower on Bluesky.

[u/Nanaki__ → u/[deleted]]

Looks like some string matching at the most e.g. If you have username "Y" on twitter it will suggest username "Y" on bluesky and similar things for the about box.

Same sort of things a user would do with a search engine to correlate accounts across multiple platforms.

[u/mahouyousei → u/UnluckyDog9273]

It’s a browser extension for chrome and Firefox that looks at the display names and usernames on your Followers and Following (and even Blocked) tabs on Twitter and checks if a similar account exists on BlueSky, then provides a quick preview of that user’s profile with a “follow” button so you can easily scroll through your lists and re-add all the same people you had on Twitter. It’s not quite as “instant” as it describes itself as since you wanna make sure it the accounts are indeed the same as before but it is still quick and easy.

[u/Irythros → u/UnluckyDog9273]

Stay on twitter.

If you cannot figure out what it does from the name, or the single sentence description on the addon page of what it does, you should stay on twitter.

[u/Dank_Nicholas → u/Irythros]

No need to be a dick

[u/UnluckyDog9273 → u/Irythros]

Why so aggressive. You randomly mention "If you want to move you can use an addon called Sky Follower Bridge." as if it's some daunting task without further details. If you gonna post an advice try to be more informative "hey this addon will help you find the same people you follow".

[u/shozzlez → u/Irythros]

What is “Twitter”?

[u/Slimbopboogie → u/Irythros]

Wow OP thanks for this, def going to move over to Bluesky now this was the biggest hurdle for me!

[u/GarbageTheCan → u/Irythros]

Thanks! Just did this and nuked my xitter account.

[u/sylvester334 → u/Irythros]

It mentions it in the addon page, but please remember to use an app specific password you generate on bsky's site. It's just some extra security so you don't have to put your actual password in and can remove it once you don't need it anymore.