Bluesky has seen a huge surge of users moving from X (formerly Twitter) in recent months. You may be tempted to jump ship too, but what does that mean for your follow list?
Whether you’re signing up to Bluesky because you’re tired of X’s recent decisions and paywalled features, or you’re simply following the crowd, there’s no need to start from scratch with your follow list. Chrome extension Sky Follower Bridge makes it easy to find and follow the same users on Bluesky in just a couple of clicks.
Keep reading to learn how to move your X follows to Bluesky.
What you’ll need
- A Twitter/X account
- A Bluesky account
- The Chrome browser
The Short Version
- Add the Sky Follower Bridge extension to your browser
- Go to your Twitter/X following page and click the extensions icon
- Select the Sky Follower Bridge extension
- Enter your Bluesky login details
- Click View Detected Users
- Hit Follow All
How to move your Twitter/X follows to Bluesky
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We installed it by clicking Add To Chrome in the Google Chrome Web Store.
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2Go to your Twitter/X following page and click the extensions icon
If you’ve pinned the extension you can skip this step.
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3Select the Sky Follower Bridge extension
This will bring up the login page for Bluesky.
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4Enter your Bluesky login details
Click Find Bluesky Users to sign in.
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5Click View Detected Users
It might take a few minutes for Sky Follower Bridge to locate all of your followed accounts on Bluesky.
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6Hit Follow All
Or follow each user one by one. You may want to scroll down the list before clicking Follow All to ensure Sky Follower Bridge has detected the correct accounts.
Troubleshooting
No, you’ll need to use a third-party extension like the Sky Follower Bridge extension to do this.
Yes, you can follow the same steps above to block the same users across the two platforms using Sky Follower Bridge.
