Bluesky thread viewer

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:

View post on Bluesky

…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:

A running list of ATproto ideas - Tynan's Leaflets

Now you can browse all those threads right from the Leaflet post!

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And some more useful context / threads to browse:

View post on Bluesky

View post on Bluesky