Software Testers on Bluesky (list)

Intro

Alright, another blogpost about Software Testing, well, actually more about community networking. I am using Bluesky (the other Social Media alternative from X (formerly known as Twitter) and besides Mastodon) since a couple of months and it feels great, nice and interesting people and in my humble thoughts a good future ahead.

Well, so Simon Tomes from Ministry of Testing (MoT) wrote in his weekly testing news issue 435 about where all the folks who are into software testing gather around online (besides the MoT club!). So next to LinkedIn and Mastodon more and more people are joining Bluesky, so he did write a Bluesky thread (Bluesky link)and mentioned some people out of the community. And this is a great idea, to connect and follow folks I would not have discovered in this early phase of Bluesky.

As Bluesky is still an invite-only to also keep spammers and idiots out, this link will work for people who already have a Bluesky account: https://bsky.app/profile/simontomes.com/post/3k3gv27hhp52r. So for others, who are interested, I thought why don’t I write down the names and add them here in this blogpost.

Well, not only for others, also for me as we all know that a bluesky posting will be forgotten by time… 😄. So here we go, with no order or reason, just typing down the accounts mentioned in Simons posting (and incoming replies).

In case you wonder for what the „did“ in the URL below stands for, it is a Decentralized Identifier, you can read more on Wikipedia and on the internet like here from DockIO. And if people on this list below are missing, just comment below with a link to the profile and I will update the list.

77 Accounts = 26.10.2023

Bluesky Software Testing Accounts

1. Angie Jones https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:z45bsilgbevbobfnytjxcoll
2. Tristan Lombard https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fjn5gjww6t5ikec6vgvcs5gh
3. Andrew Morton (Testhingchef) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ksgxuvyr5wafeuiktrs5bnv2
4. Ministry of Testing https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:63twv4pxv2gdf2md53qkmnde
5. Ian Rathbone https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bpauyhw2aqdubjfug4j72nci
6. Me (Alex Schnapper) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wrx7d2jdsu3dpj5frs4sqfes
7. Anne Marie Charrett https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vauud5udshpqxcslmomifp5w
8. Paul Grizzaffi https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dalm5yap6lv6jfmnzhcfkj4m
9. David Williams https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:u64istiggy3w3ymcn3x2lfq4
10. Daniel Knott https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:djucnrmb6nh5jvf7smw6zaej
11. Lee Marshall (thepiratetester) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bv4nvrxlsvnxvbxkzph7wi5x
12. Chris McMahon https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4cdxleurj7mep43hzidffjsw
13. Ben (Full Snack Tester) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lwugfq7ms3fyy4fb5ad5oowb
14. Vernon Richards (Testerfromleic) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:aitbox7pqyywaxa4ty23a2sq
15. Patrick „Grumpy“ Prill https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bkuwrece2jdcpzweo7p5xq77
16. Marit van Dijk https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ymuxoepzesrfufqkjczcvkrl
17. Meg MacKay (cactusflamingo) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ewemja6td34rf3d5t7ehe4hv
18. Dave Rutt https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qfnatpgfniy2eh3m22jqbthz
19. Joanna Denni https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7pnw65lpckmn5ez53m2yk2wj
20. Joao Proenca jrosaproenca https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6xicxl276ab6vzwupaugmzvb
21. Neil Younger https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3qfaoqmlwulgcdb7gh2vvspt
22. Karo Stoltzenburg https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mmjqf4cabfvtvy7fqq4bsza3
23. James Thomas (hiccupps) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zqqzy42hlpuwfta7mgwi5bax
24. Swanny https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ohfjvzllffl6h4bhicum54l3
25. Fifty Skies of Shey (Sheymouse) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bkyjrdnoezbtfimwuibiibxh
26. Michele Playfair https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gj6vwp26dc6bitjfbuyvi4d7
27. Maaike Brinkhof (maaikees) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yfbbkaxgiktmtizzbja43gbu
28. Lisi Hocke https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:63mm7f3m5z4uiko3alyqq4mh
29. Tara with Tiaras https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:b2temb6neqtckwb3q4scyebr
30. Lena Pejgan https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s3dede5c7irzeb42tybeqplk
31. Constance Hermit https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hknwru2cyevjpyisgfqh22en
32. Wicked witch of the test (witchofthetest) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:igtbyhrylyidal2qvag2j5vl
33. Heather Reid (heatherreiduff) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hj5stvhxnh7kako7fgseau4n
34. Dan (thatdamnqa) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5mx37epvblka4ci62umf5l2s
35. Dan (daddan) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fgdbeiqy4bmfze3o2im3db2u
36. Özgür Bilge (ozgurbilge) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mwr7qpktcaamcpwf2clhmg5y
37. Lukáš Kaňka (kankys) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yftzhll523qirjafbmfsq6a5
38. Ian Emery https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wp4wrr7fagg2gjnxactbggrz
39. Gem Hill (Carebackpack) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e7cnt2rbyqs3pis7mvvazjvg
40. Tony Bruce https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tc5pyxnvsujynd6x6uh7oxj7
41. Noah Sussman https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cr6vrednfr5d5qq7htearc64
42. Karen (karentestsstuff) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g6upielqxretcx4ch7jhsm4z
43. STU (fxcrnr) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7yuttauisowvzdoqcgzkh4zf
44. Erkki https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eoxbotj2skl4lpu2w2as2h3o
45. AI (testninja77) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kwrxfn7hmu37agrzu2quy77w
46. James Sheasby Thomas (rightsaidjames) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yynkvvyisv5sbvizxrhnp2e2
47. Lisa Crispin https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tnm7nesl6wwhrn4xy4ckrn6o
48. Abby Bangser (abangser) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qlvs3ltho7tv2jyo72furyzx
49. Jenna Charlton (theywrestletest) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:elkaglm7cecqmxpjnp36o3ms
50. AgileTD Zone https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mgmf4ckcdcwf2ukj2hkdsue6
51. Ash Coleman https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4jvchw3w57b4doe3ghwoc7qd
52. vds4 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:idxehhvqagbonqb4opmj5us2
53. Fiona Charles https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tmy57zefdnngn2iqjryjlqwa
54. Association for Software Testing (ast-news) https://bsky.app/profile/ast-news.bsky.social
55. Mel Eaden (melthetechie) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pnjospk37g5y35oc55ld7bno
56. Stephan (thetraveller) https://bsky.app/profile/thetraveller.bsky.social
57. Elout van Leeuwen https://bsky.app/profile/elout.bsky.social
58. Gavin Maselino https://bsky.app/profile/gavinmaselino.bsky.social
59. Chris Armstrong (christovskia) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ptyrsyrs7tda5q4ntxzldyq6
60. Chris Atkinson (qatkinson) https://bsky.app/profile/qatkinson.bsky.social
61. Dragonsight (kinofrost) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:phymknsapd35izxzv4kgx55u
62. Oleksandr Romanov (al8xr) https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l24lkotnbbownl5pxf2joq7j
63. Kristian (kristjwhite) https://bsky.app/profile/kristjwhite.bsky.social
64. Janet Gregory (janetgregoryca) https://bsky.app/profile/janetgregoryca.bsky.social
65. Tobias Geyer (theqaguy) https://bsky.app/profile/the-qa-guy.bsky.social
66. Testing Peers (testingpeers) https://bsky.app/profile/testingpeers.bsky.social (Podcasting on leadership, quality and agility every two weeks.)
67. Søren Wassard (tg2g) https://bsky.app/profile/tg2g.bsky.social
68. Brian S (brian-tester) https://bsky.app/profile/brian-tester.bsky.social
69. Nick Pass (slats) https://bsky.app/profile/slats.bsky.social
70. Arlene Andrews (arleneandrews) https://bsky.app/profile/arleneandrews.bsky.social
71. Patrick „Grumpy“ Prill (testpappy) https://bsky.app/profile/testpappy.bsky.social
72. Jesper Ottosen (jo2sn) https://bsky.app/profile/jo2sn.bsky.social
73. Tamara Josten (tamaraj) https://bsky.app/profile/tamaraj.bsky.social
74. Christian Baumann (chrissbaumann) https://bsky.app/profile/chrissbaumann.bsky.social
75. Joe Colantonio (testguild) https://bsky.app/profile/testguild.bsky.social
76. Attila der Raketenmann https://bsky.app/profile/raketenmann.bsky.social
77. Christoph Menke https://bsky.app/profile/christophmenke.bsky.social

The list not the end, it can be extended…

And if people on this list below are missing, just comment below with a link to the profile and I will update the list.

Have a good day. Keep on testing.