Bounce Lets You Seamlessly Move Accounts Between Bluesky and Mastodon
Bounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon, making cross-network migration easier than ever.
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Bounce Lets You Seamlessly Move Accounts Between Bluesky and Mastodon
Bounce launches a service for moving accounts between Bluesky and Mastodon , giving users a long-awaited solution to switch between the two leading decentralized networks without losing connections. The new migration tool is designed for the open social web, enabling people to transfer their follow graphs across platforms even though Bluesky and Mastodon run on different protocols. Image Credits:Bryce Durbin Why Bounce Matters for the Open Social Web Until now, account migration between these platforms was nearly impossible. Mastodon runs on the ActivityPub Protocol , while Bluesky is powered by the AT Protocol . This technical divide has limited the ability for users to move communities across both ecosystems. Bounce is stepping in to bridge that gap. How the Migration Process Works Bounce builds on technology first seen in Bridgy Fed , which allowed profiles from one service to be visible on the other. The process involves moving a user’s Bluesky account to a special bridged account that con…