UMB.FYI gets a Bluesky tips bot
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With the recent surge in Bluesky users and a growing Umbraco cohort on the platform, it seemed like an ideal time to bring a tips bot to the platform to allow folk to easily tip content suggestions for the UMB.FYI newsletter.
Tipping
If you’ve never tipped before, tipping is the process of submitting the link of some interesting Umbraco related content you find online on or social media for consideration to be added to the next UMB.FYI newsletter.
To make the process as simple as possible we employ a few bot accounts on social media platforms such as Discord and Mastodon and now also on Bluesky. To tip a piece of content you reply to the post of interest tagging in the UMB.FYI user account followed by the keyword ‘tip’.
On successful submission the bot account reply’s with a thank you message, and your tip is submitted. It’s as simple as that.
Wrapping Up
There is still heated debate as to witch social media platform will ultimately win out, but regardless, as long as there is a part of the Umbraco community there, and the platforms embrace open API’s we will do our best to make sure UMB.FYI is there taking tips and keeping people informed.
Happy tipping 👋