Ryan Barrett

Switched from `#tombstone` to `#account active=False status=deactivated`, it's working well so far, and it can be undone! 🎉

Closing, #1293 tracks the rest.

We're finally getting docs for this! https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto-website/pull/376

Sigh. Under the covers, BF uses Bluesky DIDs in AP actor ids, eg `https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:3ljmtyyjqcjee2kpewgsifvb`, not handles. The original hope/goal there was that we wouldn't need "migrations" at all, since the...

[Here's what I'd remembered about Mastodon:](https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/changeable-usernames/830/9) > In theory, nothing prevents you from changing usernames. > However, doing this is not compatible with Mastodon. Indeed, Mastodon uses the username +...

Relevant: W3C SWICG finalized its _[ActivityPub and WebFinger](https://www.w3.org/community/reports/socialcg/CG-FINAL-apwf-20240608/)_ report last month, and it includes guidance on `preferredUsername`. [From section 3.1.2](https://www.w3.org/community/reports/socialcg/CG-FINAL-apwf-20240608/#usernames): > Implementers SHOULD NOT treat usernames as stable identifiers that...

@jasontenpenny right, Mastodon can't handle username changes right now. They've made some progress on supporting it for their own users, internal to each instance, but not yet much progress for...

> yeah it looks like BF keeps a cache of the DID even after we block the account. So when we unblock and re-follow, it just reactivates that old cache...

Technically yes! But since it seems so common that receiving fediverse servers don't support username changes, notably Mastodon, I wonder if we still want to keep this open so that...

Sorry for the trouble @luxaritas! Sounds like this is indeed your issue. I don't have an ETA for a fix, but I appreciate the details and info.