A few very quick questions on something I'm troubleshooting.

I'm trying to use @bsky.brid.gy to make my BlueSky account visible from the Fediverse, and also make this Mastodon account visible on BlueSky.

Here's the link to my BlueSky account on the Fediverse: @ajsadauskas.bsky.social

Unfortunately, at least from @Vivaldi Social, I'm having a couple of issues. Namely, only a couple of posts are visible, and I seem to be unable to follow that account.

So just a few questions for people (especially on other Mastodon instances):

1) Can you view @ajsadauskas.bsky.social?

2) If so, roughly how many posts are visible?

3) Can you follow that account?

4) If you click follow, go to another page and come back, does it still say following?

Thanks in advance for your help with troubleshooting this, I appreciate it

#Fedihelp #Fediverse #Bridgy #BlueSky @snarfed.org #Bridge #Mastodon

@ajsadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social it works for me.

Maybe your instance blocks the bridge for some reason...

@BeAware @ajsadauskas.bsky.social That's the peculiar thing.

Below is a screenshot of a search for BlueSky Bridgy accounts on @Vivaldi. They work fine... 🧐

@ajsadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social @Vivaldi strange as hell...

I wonder if they blocked it at some point and then unblocked it, but since it's a bridge, the unblocking didn't actually work.

That exact thing happens with the Nostr relay but I can't say if it's the case here.

@BeAware @ajsadauskas.bsky.social @Vivaldi Okay, something peculiar I just noticed.

It's not just my account it's happening on.

I tried following @snarfed.org (that's @snarfed.org's BlueSky account) and the button changes to follow.

But.

When I go back to that profile afterwards, it says "follow requested". Screenshots below.

I tried following a different account from the web version, snd the same thing happens...

@ajsadauskas @ajsadauskas.bsky.social @Vivaldi @snarfed.org I'd say it's definitely an instance block issue. Someone accidentally blocked the bridge on your instance at some point and it's not unblocking correctly or something similar.

That's the only thing I can think, unless BridgyFed blocked Vivaldi for some strange reason.

Either way, this is usually what happens when an instance block is in the way.