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P(aul) Frazee
@pfrazee.com

One thing I want to make clear! If you set your username to a domain, you can change it later without any loss to your account. Let me step through some scenarios:

P(aul) Frazee
@pfrazee.com

Scenario: I set my username to pfrazee.com but forget to renew the domain name, and I lose it Outcome: When it expires, the servers notice and will stay "Invalid handle" on my account Solution: I change my username to something else. I don't lose my account or followers

P(aul) Frazee
@pfrazee.com

This came up in the context of orgs setting subdomains for their members. There ARE effects to doing that. Web links to your profile or posts depend on your username. But I did want to make it very clear, it only affects your username. An org-given username does not hand over control beyond that.

bus enjoyer
@intersections.bsky.social

Guess the move is to try to maintain control of both your new domain handle and any previous handles, until bsky offers support for redirects as discussed here: github.com/bluesky-soci...

github.comOption to redirect from the bsky.social handle to a custom domain instead of freeing the bsky.social handle · Issue #5904 · bluesky-social/social-appDescribe the Feature According to the documentation: "Note: if you change your default Bluesky username (with the .bsky.social suffix) to a custom domain, your old username will be available for so...
nasso.dev
@nasso.dev

the clarification is necessary though, as it is still possible to make a link that would survive any handle change by using the did instead of the handle!!