Bluesky is a scorching new social networking platform that capabilities like Twitter from Twitter’s authentic founder. New customers are flooding into the platform as a respite from Elon Musk’s imaginative and prescient of Twitter and the fumbles which have occurred since his takeover. Upon signing up for Bluesky, your username defaults to {yourdesiredhandle}.bsky.social, however there’s a greater and safer choice.
One among Bluesky’s superior options is the power to base your username on a hostname’s DNS file. In brief, in case you management a hostname’s DNS, you may primarily confirm your self. For instance, my Bluesky username is davidwalsh.identify. Let’s take a look at how one can base your username after a site you management!
Change Your Deal with to Your Area
Go to Bluesky’s Settings page and click on “change my deal with”
A modal will show the place you may merely change the deal with however you may wish to click on “I’ve my very own area”:
One other modal will comply with asking for the area you want to make use of and supplies you with a TXT DNS file entry you could create on that area’s DNS:
With the file data offered by Bluesky, go to your DNS supplier and add the TXT file with the worth offered by Bluesky. After including the file, click on Confirm DNS Report again at Bluesky. As soon as Bluesky verifies the file, your username will then be your area!
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