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The Social Web Split Up. Your Timeline Doesn’t Have To.

02 Mar 2026
Tech Social Media

There was a stretch where Twitter was the internet town square. Messy, fun, chaotic, but central.

Then came the Great Scattering of 2022. People moved. Communities split. Timelines fractured.

Some of us went to Mastodon. Some to Bluesky. Some to Threads, Nostr, and everything else.

Most gave up.

The rest of us do this weird daily ritual: open one app, scroll, close, open another app, scroll, repeat.

The real problem isn’t “which platform wins”

I have people I care about on Mastodon. I have other people I care about on Bluesky. Some post in both places, but not always the same stuff.

So every day feels like checking two different versions of the same party.

You don’t just miss posts, you miss context. One conversation happens over here, another happens over there, and your brain is constantly stitching them back together.

It’s exhausting.

So I built SocialFusion

I should say this up front: I’m not a developer. I’m a longtime computer nerd, an Apple fan, and someone with a Notes app full of product ideas.

Tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex changed what was possible for me. I could finally turn plain-language ideas into working software.

So I built SocialFusion: an iOS app that combines your Mastodon and Bluesky feeds into one timeline.

That’s it. That’s the idea.

  • one place to read
  • one place to post
  • one place to keep up with your people

No constant app hopping. No “wait, where did they post that?” No unnecessary context-switching tax.

This isn’t about replacing either network

I like both.

Bluesky has speed and familiarity. Mastodon has federation and stronger community texture.

They’re different. They’re both useful. SocialFusion isn’t trying to pick a winner, it just makes living in both worlds less annoying.

Also:

  • your account credentials stay yours
  • your data stays yours
  • the app is open source

If you want to inspect it, fork it, or contribute, you can.

Launching Thursday

SocialFusion public beta goes live Thursday, March 5 on TestFlight. More info here.

If you’re on Mastodon, Bluesky, or both, I built this for you.

The social web split up. Your timeline doesn’t have to.

Want to follow along?

I’m building in the open: