If I use the blacksky.community as a client for this account thats on Bluesky's PDS, why does it need to backfill? This is something I am still very confused by.. Is it the client chooses the AppView to "look thru"?
Apr 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Backfilling the Network | Bluesky
Backfilling is the process of syncing all the data in the network from scratch.
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app.bsky.actor.searchActorsTypeahead | Bluesky
*This endpoint is part of the Bluesky application Lexicon APIs (`app.bsky.*`). Public endpoints which don't require authentication can be made directly against the public Bluesky AppView API: https://public.api.bsky.app. Authenticated requests are usually made to the user's PDS, with automatic service proxying. Authenticated requests can be used for both public and non-public endpoints.*
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your app can run its own pds - keith.is
if you’re building on atproto, you’ve probably reached for “sign in with bluesky” as your auth story. it works! the OAuth flow is fine. but every time a user shows up without a bluesky account, you have to send them to bluesky first, watch them get confused by a totally different brand, and hope they come back. that’s a weird seam in your own product.
app.bsky.actor.getProfile | Bluesky
*This endpoint is part of the Bluesky application Lexicon APIs (`app.bsky.*`). Public endpoints which don't require authentication can be made directly against the public Bluesky AppView API: https://public.api.bsky.app. Authenticated requests are usually proxied via the user's PDS, using service proxy headers. Authenticated requests can be used for both public and non-public endpoints.*
The frustrating thing about this is that when you "Login with Bluesky", you're not even actually logging in with Bluesky The App. You may be using a Bluesky PBC-hosted PDS, but it has nothing to do with @bsky.app, other than it's the PDS you're assigned when you create an account on their client.
When @bsky.app pulls this kind of crap often, whilst also expecting the community to do the heavy-lifting in actually convincing people to try out the AT Protocol... it's really difficult to feel hopeful about the future of Bluesky and its constituents. I imagine many agree with this stance.
Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂
Bluesky’s statement deriding Threads users as “guinea pigs” is not representative of Blacksky Algorithms, the atproto ecosystem or the open social web more broadly. Communities form around communication networks. And communities should never be trolled for whatever tool helps them find each other.
What do streets think about being able to read long form content / blogs from within blacksky.community (powered by standard.site) @pckt.blog @leaflet.pub @offprint.app in the below rough demo.
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storm.leaflet.pubI think Bluesky's relay or appview may just have temporarily lagged behind on getting posts from Blacksky users. So if you're hosted by Blacksky, but you're logged into bsky on mobile, it would look like your posts didn't go through If this is still impacting you, please email support@blacksky.app
Captain Chaos
Yeah as you replied suddenly everything came through the garbage ass BlueSky app
also it is completely bonkers that @bsky.app requires you to select a "Hosting Provider" on login and i have to remember whatever @eurosky.social's address is. guys, if you want this decentralization thing to happen, it should not suck so much to use! the Bluesky app should just read it from my DID
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