Publishing to Bluesky: text, images, link previews and replies

You can publish text posts, images, link previews and a first comment to Bluesky from the Flomixy composer, in the same flow as your other networks.

Create a post

1. Open New post and select your Bluesky account in the destination step.
2. Choose Text or Image in the media step. Bluesky takes up to 4 images, or one video, never both.
3. Write your caption. Bluesky allows 300 characters, and the counter shows how many you have left.
4. Choose when to publish and click Publish now or schedule it.

What Flomixy does for you

• Links, #hashtags and @mentions become real, clickable Bluesky links. A mention only links when the handle exists on Bluesky.
• When your caption contains a link, Bluesky shows a link preview card with the page image, title and description. Turn Show a link preview card off in the caption step if you do not want it. If the page cannot be read, the post is still published without a card.
• Large images are resized automatically to fit Bluesky's limit.

Bluesky options

In the caption step you can set:

• Who can reply: Everyone, Nobody, Only people you mention, Your followers, or People you follow.
• Allow quote posts: turn it off to stop others from quoting the post.
• Content warning: label the post when it needs one.
• Alt text for every image, which makes your post accessible and is shown on Bluesky.
• First comment: Flomixy publishes it as a reply under your post, after the delay you choose. Links in it are clickable.

Deleting a post

Open the post and click Delete. Choose Delete here and on the platforms to remove it from Bluesky too, or Delete here only to keep it live on Bluesky. If Bluesky refuses the delete, Flomixy tells you the post is still live so you can remove it in the Bluesky app.

Good to know

• Metrics for Bluesky posts are not available in Flomixy yet.
• If a post fails, the post page explains why and what to do, for example when the account needs to be reconnected.

Related articles

• Connecting your Bluesky account
• Adding a first comment to your post
• Scheduling posts and using the calendar