For a while (years!) we’ve had both ActivityPub support in Micro.blog and cross-posting to Mastodon. ActivityPub is best if you want people on the fediverse to follow your Micro.blog account directly. No need to maintain a Mastodon account. Cross-posting is good if you want to keep a separate Mastodon account, but still post first to your own blog.
This week we’ve rolled out two significant improvements to Mastodon cross-posting. The first is support for bringing Mastodon replies back into Micro.blog. When your blog post is cross-posted to Mastodon, we’ll also routinely check for replies to those posts via the Mastodon API, even if you aren’t using ActivityPub. Those replies will be integrated into the Micro.blog timeline and available in the Mentions section.
This makes Micro.blog an even better universal timeline with access to multiple services. Check for replies in one place, on Micro.blog, and then only occasionally hop over to other services. You can reply to posts directly in Micro.blog and those replies will also be copied back to Mastodon.
There’s also a new set of filter buttons when there are replies. If the Mentions section gets cluttered, click the buttons to only show replies from either Micro.blog, Mastodon, or Bluesky.
All of this works with Bluesky. When you get a reply from Bluesky, it will show up in Micro.blog. If you reply to the Bluesky user, your reply will be copied back to Bluesky too.
These changes continue our goal of having the best integration with as many other platforms on the open web as possible. Happy blogging!