Fediverse => Bluesky: automatic custom domain handles for all users on an instance

[snarfed]

Got an interesting request today: a fediverse instance would like to give all of their users who enable the bridge a custom domain handle on their instance's domain, eg @[email protected] would get the username user.insta.nce on their bridged Bluesky account.

Doable! It'd take some work though, and some custom development on the instance's end. Notably, they'd have to get each user's DID from Bridgy Fed and either put it into the corresponding DNS record or serve it over HTTPS on that custom domain.

Related: #1305

[wbz0100]

I would definitely shorten my username if I could!
I'd also like to see .ap.brid.gy removed from existing account usernames.

[snarfed]

I would definitely shorten my username if I could!

You can! https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-enhanced

[wbz0100]

Uh... I'm not sure I understand, but does this mean that you change the domain of the original account and bridge to the existing account instead of the bot account?

[snarfed]

@wbz0100 maybe this will help: https://bsky.social/about/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial

For Bridgy Fed specifically, it just changes the handle (ie domain ie username) of the bridged Bluesky account. The account itself stays the same.