We added a Bluesky thread viewer in Leaflet! It works for both:
quotes / mentions (open in side panel)
post embeds in a Leaflet doc (see below!)
We were inspired by this nice feedback thread from @erlend.sh:
Still feels like a critically missed opportunity for @leaflet.pub to not interop with Bluesky for comments. For someone who discovered this article via leaflet itself or any medium other than *sky, there’s absolutely no sign of the generative discussion that ensued on-feed, nor its likes/shares. 🧵
…and you can now click above to read that thread right in Leaflet! You can even click thread replies to see branching conversation.
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We like having our own comments section — as others have mentioned, it's nice to maintain separate context and not have to use Bluesky at all — but this makes social conversations on Bluesky a lot easier to view without bouncing between apps.
We auto-create a linked Bluesky post when you publish (unless you "publish quietly"); this and any other Bluesky mentions / quotes show in the sidebar.
Now they indicate if they have replies, and same as with embedded posts (like above), clicking these posts also opens the full thread!
Still room to improve; maybe we can also do things like:
If you like, you can turn off Leaflet comments in publication settings (per-publication) and just use Bluesky.
show a count of mentions (or even aggregated likes etc)
make that section more prominent
extend this to show mentions in other apps, e.g. backlinks to Semble collections
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Another fun example — this collection from @tynanpurdy.com of atproto ideas, using embedded Bluesky posts:
Now you can browse all those threads right from the Leaflet post!
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And some more useful context / threads to browse:
When we were first building Frontpage we went back on forth on whether to include Bluesky comments. One possible vibe for Frontpage was a collation of all discussion around a specific link. It still is tbf, and maybe some day we figure it out but it turns out to be a really hard UX problem
Still feels like a critically missed opportunity for @leaflet.pub to not interop with Bluesky for comments. For someone who discovered this article via leaflet itself or any medium other than *sky, there’s absolutely no sign of the generative discussion that ensued on-feed, nor its likes/shares. 🧵
Good discussion re: how comments work on Leaflet — should we have a better way to consolidate conversation from Bluesky? What else is on your comments/discussion wish list? We know comments could use some love & we'd appreciate hearing from other Leaflet writers on what you'd find helpful!
Still feels like a critically missed opportunity for @leaflet.pub to not interop with Bluesky for comments. For someone who discovered this article via leaflet itself or any medium other than *sky, there’s absolutely no sign of the generative discussion that ensued on-feed, nor its likes/shares. 🧵