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Show HN: I made a tool to port tweets to Bluesky mantaining their original date by nols05

Show HN: I made a tool to port tweets to Bluesky mantaining their original date by nols05

Show HN: I made a tool to port tweets to Bluesky mantaining their original date by nols05

18 Comments

  • Post Author
    CharlesW
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:23 pm

    As an eX-user who deleted their footprint long ago, I imagine some people would be interested in doing this from an archive.

  • Post Author
    qoez
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    Found this related to this https://jymfox.com/bleetinthepast/ Fun to post from 0 BC

  • Post Author
    jer0me
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    This is very cool. These features would be useful:

      - If it isn't possible to transfer the video, I'd rather skip them than just posting a thumbnail
      - A way to mass-delete posts after a migration if I regret it
      - The option to add text (e.g. [Migrated from X]) to each post if it fits
    

    As far as competitors, go https://blueark.app/ seems like the most complete. I remember seeing another one, a desktop app, but I can't remember what it was called.

  • Post Author
    Aurornis
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:36 pm

    Interesting tool, but I'm very surprised that they allow backdating posts.

    Backdating posts opens up a world of social engineering scams. You can create an account that appears to have predicted a lot of past events, sports scores, or stock prices with timestamps prior to those events occurring. The scam is to create an account that appears to have great stock advice or sports betting predictions and then charge people for it.

  • Post Author
    neilv
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:38 pm

    Is there some authoritative source for knowing when Bluesky posts were made, approximately?

    (For example, does Bluesky themselves record the timestamp of when they first see a given message, and make this info available, either publicly or with subpoena/warrant?)

  • Post Author
    jaimehrubiks
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:39 pm

    The protocol should show a flag that states if the date was sent by the client. That way you allow this feature while at the same time you can warn users.

  • Post Author
    mentalgear
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:41 pm

    Much appreciated, but wouldn't this allow anyone to "migrate" somebody else's tweets over to bluesky, basically impersonate them with 1-click ?
    What's missing is some sort of verification.

  • Post Author
    lopatamd
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:42 pm

    [dead]

  • Post Author
    decremental
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:51 pm

    [dead]

  • Post Author
    nashashmi
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 5:57 pm

    Can I upload my archive of tweets that I exported from Twitter immediately after it changed ownership and subsequently deleted my Twitter profile?

  • Post Author
    tekno45
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 6:03 pm

    the worst part of bluesky is all the people asking for it to be twitter.

    That and people posting screenshots of their own tweets…

  • Post Author
    bschmidt82
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 6:40 pm

    Backdating posts is hilarious, it shows how far they've drifted from the original decentralized vision.

    If they ever decided to open up and allow more than 1 main server it wouldn't matter now, you could manipulate the record.

  • Post Author
    artursapek
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 6:42 pm

    lol they let you spoof timestamps on this site?

  • Post Author
    MattSayar
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 6:47 pm

    Good stuff! I didn't mind the fresh start with BlueSky but it'll be nice to import my last hundred posts with the free trial.

  • Post Author
    bschmidt82
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 6:57 pm

    So they port in a bunch of centralized data including all the edits and fake likes from Twitter to their ONE bluesky server (sorry "indexer") and they still call it decentralized?

    Anyone still believe it?

    Just say you're centralized at this point, lose the AT protocol

  • Post Author
    oellegaard
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 7:14 pm

    What is the appeal of Bluesky? I'm surprised to see how much traction it has, when Mastodon already exists and works quite well technically – it seems that Bluesky is simply better at marketing?

  • Post Author
    cooper_ganglia
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 7:31 pm

    Now give me the tool that lets me import my Bluesky history to X! ;)

  • Post Author
    lloydjones
    Posted March 18, 2025 at 7:34 pm

    I made a similar tool a while back, https://pleasenox.com – Mine relies on a "poster" account doing the work rather than the current user's account.

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