Ryan Barrett

Ah, these are all bsky.app URLs. We don't currently generate link previews for bsky.app URLs; we expect that people will @-mention users and quote-post posts. We could reconsider that! But...

> It would be helpful if it means that I can quote from my side to users who are not bridged, is that possible? Hmmm, no, you can only quote...

@Tamschi I don't disagree!...but as a counterpoint, we don't currently try to blacklist links to fediverse posts, we happily generate link previews for them. It would obviously take more effort...

> Could we turn a Bluesky post link that stands alone on the last line into a quote (while removing the text link)? Shipped this a bit ago!

Hi @MarkWhybird! This issue is for the opposite direction, for fediverse posts that are bridged into Bluesky. For Bluesky posts bridged into the fediverse, like you're seeing here, Bridgy Fed...

Thank you @renchap! That's really useful. And also my bad here, I forgot that Mastodon generates link previews async, so when I tested a bsky.app link on https://mas.to/@snarfed2/114855093655208994 and didn't...

@nightpool yup, one example is showing a "follows you" badge on someone's profile when you view it.

Maybe! As a cache, sure. But even if your local server does it, it's expensive for profiles that follow many people. And ideally something you want to refresh, not just...

Ah, true! You're right, the obvious easier answer is to check the user's own followers collection.

Yes! Agreed. Bluesky recently added a similar user story that uses similar set operations. When you view someone's profile, they show you whether any of your followings follow that person....