If you've backfilled the network before, you probably noticed the 65k bridged accounts you couldn't sync. …until a week ago! Bridgy Fed's `getRepo` is now open, and served by Hubble!
Hubble first launch: 1500x cheaper getRepo for Bridgy Fed
updates.microcosm.blueAug 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Hubble first launch: 1500x cheaper getRepo for Bridgy Fed - microcosm
Bringing Bridgy's backfill back! (and unblocking a big Bluesky broadcast 👀)
Bridgy Fed for the fediverse (@ap.brid.gy)
Bridgy Fed (https://fed.brid.gy/) bot user for the fediverse. To bridge your Bluesky account to the fediverse, follow this account. To ask a fediverse user to bridge their account, send their address (eg @user@instance) to this account in a chat message.…
Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.
Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.
Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge
Today, we’re announcing a bunch of migration features and improvements across Bridgy Fed and Bounce. The main goal we had with these latest updates was to make it so people can migrate in every direction possible across ecosystems while reducing the friction of migrating while using our services. The
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
#WSocial posted a message on their official account talking about "temporary profile issues" for "some W users." Reality (exposed in my latest article): their network was BRICKED for ALL NEW USERS who joined starting on June 22 (some 3100+ accounts out of 5000) for 7+ days. An amateur reporter and self-hosting newbie (aka me) figured out the problem and the solution, bringing attention to this matter. I had to respond: https://mu.social/profile/elenarossini.com/post/3mpig4ggkpk2q hope others chime in 🤭
Bridgy Fed technical design — Bridgy Fed 1.0 documentation
So you want to hack on Bridgy Fed, or see how it’s built on the inside? Welcome! You’ve come to the right place.
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
Two pieces of good news for W Social: 1) I may have found the problem that has bricked their network for the past week. 2) This may very well be the LAST article I ever write about them. It's exhausting and stressful and I want to retire from this beat and go back to promoting the Fediverse. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And to my trusted source (a Fedi friend) who found and shared with me brilliant gems: THANK YOU! It's been a real honor collaborating with you ❤️
The fact that it's so easy to backup the whole network (also: hubble) is super strong, to be sure. If Bluesky-the-company got nuked, we know the current upper bound on how many accounts on their PDSes would be able to re-establish their identities today. It's 270. rob.leaflet.pub/3mr7vhdonuk2i
Rotation Key Census, July 2026
rob.leaflet.pubIt's been a fun week of figuring out the new jetstream sync engine but ALSO trying out @microcosm.blue Hubble at the same time. I set out with a mission to build a service to report follow counts and ended up working with them both. Check out my write up on my new @pckt.blog 50 Shades of Protocol.
Building the Social Graph with Hubble and Jetstream - 50 Shades of Protocol
pckt.blogToday, we're announcing THREE migration-focused updates! We now support every kind of migration on all the networks Bridgy Fed supports (including web!): into Bridgy Fed, out of it, through it, and around it, all while keeping you connected with your people. Let's dive in... 1/🧵
Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge
blog.anew.socialOne thing I left out of my The Everything Account piece was a whole section on Bridgy Fed. Short version: As Bridgy Fed adds more lexicons, it makes the Atmosphere the most versatile and data-owning Fediverse instance in the open social web. Perhaps in a future piece 😉
Anuj Ahooja
I wrote about what I've been calling "The Everything Account" If you're familiar with The Atmosphere, you already know how to get one, and this should hopefully help you explain it to others. For those of you who aren't, you'll be surprised to know you already have one; here's how you use it:
a neat thing about hubble is that you can get a point-in-time* snapshot of the whole network. vs doing your own backfill crawl, which will give you samples spread over a >24h period any researchers who want this, feel free to reach out
fig (aka:[phil])
24,347,088,288 records in 41,172,356 repos in the reachable network fits in 1.86TiB in hubble
Today, Bridgy Fed begins expanding beyond microblogging, starting with long-form. If your Atmosphere (Bluesky, Blacksky, Eurosky, Northsky, etc.) account is bridged, all of your @standard.site publications and documents will bridge over to the Fediverse and the web 📜↔️📃 1/4 🧵
Long-Form Comes To Bridgy Fed
blog.anew.socialToday, Bridgy Fed begins expanding beyond microblogging, starting with long-form. If your Atmosphere (Bluesky, Blacksky, Eurosky, Northsky, etc.) account is bridged, all of your @standard.site publications and documents will bridge over to the Fediverse and the web 📜↔️📃 1/4 🧵
Long-Form Comes To Bridgy Fed
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