BlueMigrate
Infrastructure
account migration tool
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
10 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 4 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool idea and useful for migrating from Twitter.
From 3 comments
It's cool idea, congrats
dragssine on HNFound this related to this https://jymfox.com/bleetinthepast/ Fun to post from 0 BC
qoez on HNAwesome, the more people we can convince to switch from Twitter the better.
genevra on HN
Objections
Backdating posts enables scams and false track records.
From 1 comment
Interesting tool, but I'm very surprised that they allow backdating posts. Backdating posts opens up a world of social engineering scams. You can create an account that appears…
Aurornis on HN
Anyone could impersonate someone by migrating their tweets without verification.
From 1 comment
Much appreciated, but wouldn't this allow anyone to "migrate" somebody else's tweets over to bluesky, basically impersonate them with 1-click ? What's missing is some sort of…
mentalgear on HN
Imported tweets cannot be verified as genuinely dated.
From 1 comment
If you are syncing data from another PDS, there is no way to verify that posts have an accurate date, unless you have some central ledger which is antithetical to allowing…
chc4 on HN
Requests
Verify dates of imported posts.
From 1 comment
It'd be cool if they also verified the dates to get rid of the warning of honest backdated posts.
dietr1ch on HN
Support replies and reposts, not only own tweets.
From 1 comment
This is only for your own tweets? What about replies / RTs?
rglullis on HN
Support migration from Mastodon.
From 1 comment
Can you do the same for Mastodon? What about Mastodon to Bluesky?
MortyWaves on HN
Questions
Can it delete tweets from X after migrating?
From 1 comment
Is there a way to delete all your tweets from X afterwards?
kristiandupont on HN
Can archive exports be uploaded?
From 1 comment
Can I upload my archive of tweets that I exported from Twitter immediately after it changed ownership and subsequently deleted my Twitter profile?
nashashmi on HN
Alternatives named
BlueArk app
From 1 comment
This is very cool. These features would be useful: ``` - If it isn't possible to transfer the video, I'd rather skip them than just posting a thumbnail - A way to mass-delete…
jer0me on HN
PleaseNox
From 1 comment
I made a similar tool a while back, https://pleasenox.com – Mine relies on a "poster" account doing the work rather than the current user's account.
lloydjones on HN