We added a new feature for sharing quotes from Leaflet posts!

This has two parts, highlights and quotes, that work together:

  • Highlight an excerpt from a post, and you'll see a popover to share directly to Bluesky (or copy as a link)

  • Quotes open in a panel you can toggle next to the post, showing quoted parts with links to the corresponding Bluesky posts

Anyone can share the highlight link, even without a Bluesky account. But when you share to Bluesky, it's saved as a quote, and those conversations live alongside the post.

Olivier wrote up a nice thread on this as well, with a demo + great points on how this shows what's possible with atproto.

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Sharing to spark conversations

We like this because it adds a direct social loop between Leaflet and Bluesky — and because it's useful both for readers and writers!

  • Readers can share the things that resonated most, give feedback, and use to start related discussions

  • Writers can share questions or teasers from their own posts — along with posting on initial publish, a great way to share in more specific ways and direct the conversation

I'm enjoying this as both a reader and writer…and in particular excited to use more for the casual summer blog club we're running! Browse participants' pubs here, lots of good ones to try quoting :)

Leaflet blog club: initial participants - Summer of Pub
Here’s who’s blogging so far…reach out to be added to the list!
https://summer-of-pub.leaflet.pub/3luns266ud22b

This functions somewhat adjacent to comments, though more anchored on sharing than conversation, and we still have some things to figure out e.g. around notifying authors/commenters.

We'd still like to add more standard comments too, and think it'll fit nicely alongside quotes.

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Notable Quotables

A few fun examples to see this in action!

Jared shared a couple great ones from Jake and JT:

[003] Silver Institutions - Dreaming at the Edge of the Apocalypse
Sunday 8 June 2025
https://jakefee.leaflet.pub/3lr47xhlnzc2q/l-quote/28_0-28_467#28_0
Fungo Zone - not yet thinking
The web is rotting, enjoy it!
https://not-yet-thinking.leaflet.pub/3lv5gbcjew22x/l-quote/21_0-21_445#21_0

Here's one Bread shared from one of my Scraps! posts:

On a snapshot from the Morgan Library… - Scraps!
Exploring and annotating a list of (very old; rich with intrigue) book titles jotted down on a library visit, ten years later.
https://scraps.schlage.town/3lvbvspr6bc2i/l-quote/6.4_0-6.4.0_154#6.4_0

And I've been playing with quotes a bunch too!

Towards a Framework for Authoring Adventures - Dungeon Merlin
Dice Goblin Games wrote a great blog post about how primitive it can feel to be reading RPGs and Adventures as PDFs on your screen. It’s like the old joke of most MacBooks being $2000 Facebook machines. Only sadder, because at least Facebook downloads a lot of JavaScript on first load, which is already an important step towards what I’ll be describing below.
https://dungeon-merlin.leaflet.pub/3lv7pjujrn22u/l-quote/10_0-10_363#10_0
ALBUMS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ! - ✨ Library of Arts ✨
My list of perfect Albums
https://roxxiblogs.leaflet.pub/3luzlamck6s2j/l-quote/1_0-1_450#1_0
HTML Day ✺ Saturday, August 2, 2025 - HTML Energy
On Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, we’ll be gathering in places around the world to write and celebrate HTML.
https://htmlenergy.leaflet.pub/3luuqcx237k2x/l-quote/2_0-3_159#2_0

^btw, HTML Day 2025 is happening tomorrow, and we're proud to help sponsor! Take a look & see if there's an event near you ✨❇️

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Let us know if you have thoughts / feedback on this or other social features you'd like to see us explore next!