Collin Donnell

I just updated my Bluesky handle to @collin.social. It took roughly ninety seconds to complete, and I can still use the actual domain for other things.

When I had looked at doing the same on Mastodon, it involved configuring a WebFinder route that returns JSON, and once I did, it wouldn’t actually change my handle that’s displayed on Mastodon. With Bluesky, it was just a matter of adding a TXT record to my domain and hitting verify.

I like and use Mastodon, but this is exactly the kind of user experience thing that makes it non-viable for anyone other than tech enthusiasts.