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anewsocial

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Social media should be centered around people, not platforms. Let's build bridges, not walls. That's why we're building Bridgy Fed and Bounce.

Learn more: https://anew.social

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@anewsocial/116047408377341614

Happy to see all the love for this feature! We had a feeling y'all would like it 😊

A reminder that if you don't want these DMs, or at least want to turn them off for a bit, you can do so in the Bridgy Fed settings page: https://fed.brid.gy/settings

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We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users!

Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.

More details here: https://blog.anew.social/launch-interact-with-unbridged-replies-mentions/

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@candidexmedia This is only for new posts, unfortunately.

We send DMs as hourly digests if there's any interactions!

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Did you know that if you're on Bridgy Fed and bridging to the Atmosphere to apps like Bluesky, Blacksky, etc., you can get rid of that pesky long ap.brid.gy domain and set a custom handle?

Head to your Bridgy Fed settings page, click on "Set Bluesky handle" for instructions, and make yourself look a whole lot more native in the Atmosphere: https://fed.brid.gy/settings

a snippet of three lines in the bridgy fed settings page line one: a label that says "Bridging:" with a toggle switch next to it line two: a label that says "Set Bluesky Handle:" next to an input element, followed by a button that says "Go" line three: a label that says "DM notifications from unbridged accounts:" with a toggle next to it
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/115963860573334138

From now on, Articles bridged from the Fediverse that have Notes as previews embedded in them will show up with the Note text and the Article link on Atmosphere apps (Bluesky, Blacksky, etc.) rather than just an attached link!

❤️'s in the chat for @ just doing things 👏🏼

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We have a lot more ideas around bridging Article types to the Atmosphere, and you may have caught some of that in our live stream this morning. Stay tuned 👀

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For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features!

Rolling out today: You can now include domain blocklists, including ATProto PDS domains if you don't want to interact with bridged users from that PDS, to Bridgy Fed!

Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.

More details here: https://blog.anew.social/launch-domain-blocklists/

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And if you think this is cool, just wait until you see what we have planned next ❤️🔁💬

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We're excited to announce that Bluesky PBC included us in a round of grants to help foster the ATmosphere! Their generous grant will support infrastructure costs for Bridgy Fed and Bounce.

We made a list of some of the other grantees and how they're helping further decentralize ATProto from Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/anew.social/post/3m6kgov7wtk2u

We're so lucky to be included among so many phenomenal builders 🙏🏼

Bluesky + A New Social = Heart
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Starting today, bridged Mastodon and Pixelfed users can now use all of Bridgy Fed's blocking features, including subscribing to ATProto block lists, right from our settings page!

Check it out here: https://fed.brid.gy/settings

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/115373322647818923

And we're live! Starting today, you can use Bounce to migrate from Mastodon to an existing Bluesky, Blacksky, or any other ATProto account! Check it out: https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live-2/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/115383615733119134

Love to see it! Thank you for all your support, @dansup !

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Today, we announced our next Bounce Beta that lets you migrate your Mastodon profile into any existing ATProto account, whether you're on Bluesky or any other PDS provider!

We'll be going live with Bounce Beta 2 on October 20th.

Read more here: https://blog.anew.social/bounce-mastodon-to-bluesky/

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@audunmb We launched our first Beta with that 🙂https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/115333247692356677

We're so excited to be partnering with @altstore on their open social web integration, bridging accounts from the Fediverse to the ATmosphere with custom domains so iOS developers can automatically promote their apps across both ecosystems 🌐

Read more about our partnership here: https://blog.anew.social/altstore-a-new-social/

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just received my first notification from a non-bridged user...

…this new @anewsocial feature is really nifty

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@filmfreak75 Glad it's working well for ya! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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Today, we're launching a feature that a number of Bridgy Fed users have been asking for: notifications for unbridged interactions.

You can learn more about how we've done this while also preserving the privacy of the unbridged user in our latest blog post: https://blog.anew.social/launch-dm-notifications/

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We've been shipping a ton of new features over the last few months, and as a non-profit, our community's support helps us continue this momentum.

If you want to support our work, please join our Patreon that starts at $1/month or $0.95/month with an annual donation: https://www.patreon.com/ANewSocial

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Today, we're launching $1 & $2 tiers on our Patreon so more of our community can support us!

As a part of that, we also wanted to share where our funding is currently coming from and what community funding can help lead to for the future of Bridgy Fed & Bounce.

Check out the post here: https://blog.anew.social/community-update-september/

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Today, we're launching the first Beta of Bounce, a tool that lets you migrate your social graph across protocols!

We got such a positive response from our announcement, and we're so excited for folks to try it out.

Here's what you need to know when you Bounce: https://blog.anew.social/bounce-beta-now-live/

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We're a non-profit that's trying to liberate our relationships from platforms, and we have big plans for Bridgy Fed and Bounce.

If you believe in our mission and want to support it, you can donate to our Patreon or buy some merch!

Patreon: https://patreon.com/anewsocial
Merch: https://store.anew.social

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New developer post on the blog! Today we're talking about our approach to identity mapping 🔗

https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115022997758472293

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New post on the blog!

@snarfed.org dives into the difference between bridging and cross-posting: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/2025-08-06_55514

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THAT'S 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 STUFF 👏🏼

https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/114637517290989484

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Sorry for yelling, we're just Bouncing in excitement rn

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🚨 Merch Drop Alert!

Today, we're dropping our much-asked-for PEOPLE, NOT PLATFORMS V1 merch collection!

It includes apparel, drinkware, and, of course, stickers. And we're just getting started.

Thank you for supporting our mission of centering social media on people, not platforms 🌐

Check it out here: https://blog.anew.social/merch-drop-people-not-platforms-v1/

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And don't forget: if you join our Patreon, you'll get a one-time 10% off coupon code for our merch store!

https://www.patreon.com/ANewSocial

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Some major updates from us today - our board of directors, a new logo, upcoming conferences, a settings page, and more!

https://blog.anew.social/breaking-ground/

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@deadsuperhero Thank you!!

@scott was fantastic to work with! And, yes, very excited about the folks who joined our board 🙂