Another test - not a SMM post Sorry about no alt text - random selection of photos
Testing it with
@testingitwith.com
NOT MY MAIN ACCOUNT → @hilarybaumann.com's @fascinationdesign.com testing account. It will probably look chaotic. → ★ The Bluesky Social Media Manager Tools page now has a home at: https://www.hilarybaumann.com/social-media-manager-tools-for-bluesky/
This SMM tool maxes at 4 but … Also no at text on this post - I don’t have the energy
I'm wondering if it was a bad idea to give all of my testing accounts the same image for the profile pic...
New account inactivity policy for the Tophhie PDS that I was notified about via email: blog.tophhie.cloud/atproto-acco...
Tophhie Cloud Personal Data Server - Account Inactivity & Deletion Policy
Effective Date: 17th March 2026
blog.tophhie.cloud
Set up another PDS acct today - this one is I think the first one to offer choice of location for the hosting server:
Testingitwith.pwkl.social pwkl.social Europe PDS@testingitwith.pwkl.social · 5mo agoScreen Shot from the signup process today.
This post should go to both my main testing account and the account that's on the Blacksky PDS
Quick test to see if this ends up in my following feed … as in did I mess up another account or did I just not notice this OR did something change…
This thread is where I started testing setting up new accounts with various PDSs. Blacksky, Tophhie and Madebydanny do not require you to have an invite or use Bluesky to start the setup process. I have requested invites / access to a few of the private PDSs but that isn't going to be for everyone
Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃@hilarybaumann.com · 8mo agoblacksky.community absolutely works without taking you to / through Bluesky. Set up @testingitwith.myatproto.social which doesn't (yet) let me tag it but adding the @ symbol because I'm not sure if it's just too new.
Tested: - Muted an account with an existing DM chat & message came through fine. - Muted an account without any existing DM chat & a new message also came through fine. Muting accounts at this time does not affect DMs.
Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃@hilarybaumann.com · 10mo agoThinking out loud: if someone posts entirely news, they don’t post alt text which makes it impossible for me to properly filter them, but I don’t want to unfollow them (local journalist)… I’ve muted them, added them to a list & that list is (unmuted) as an rss feed. Does muting mute DMs too tho?
Reminder to self because these haven't been a high priority... plus vanity.blue blueskymeter.com (though I think I've had this one bookmarked for a long time?)
Testing it with@testingitwith.com · last yr.New (new to me) SMM platforms I'll test soon: posthyve.com theblue.social swat.io/en/
Publer for the same video now... I need to test it with mp4 instead of mov like I said I would before. And check my file size since these tools might not be doing any compression.
Testing an upload of tall grass again to see what happens with the compression. And hopefully this will look less pixelated and is what "fixed video quality on the web" meant. 😎 Uploading via web browser and not iphone app.
Samuel@samuel.fm · last yr.also we fixed video quality on web ✨
I ended up with rate limit exceeded for the first time in awhile. I probably should have tested with this account instead AND I clearly need an alt account or two for me as a person.
Finding it interesting that using different tools gets you different shaped video posts of the same content. One platform renders as a square, another as a landscape oriented rectangle when in fact the file (and when opened full screen) is portrait oriented rectangle.
I'll continue to poke at the video tomorrow with more advanced tools. And also retry some of the SMM tools. Wondering if a few may have issues with .mov vs .mp4. My normal test file is an mp4.
One more test for tonight Statusbrew not compressed on the computer
Tall grass video via Publer 1080p version because of the 50mb limit
Tall grass video via Postpone.app not compressed on the computer
This was uploaded from the iphone - going to test this same file a few ways. Via computer, a few SMM tools and also some additional resolutions to see if compressing on the computer first helps it at all.
Hilary Baumann 💻 🥃@hilarybaumann.com · last yr.It’s light jacket weather out so afternoon walk in nature it is today
Looking for the alt text … got language … got content warning … I have to ask the dev ... It’s not actually an adult photo… not even bourbon this time.