Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky

Re:Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky by pogue on Thursday February 06, 2025 @06:19AM (#42961298)

I saw this on Bluesky and checked it out. I immediately got a warning from my mobile AV Bitdefender about visiting the URL. But, I checked virustotal & urlvoid and it came back as clean. It might just be because it's a newly registered domain.

Regardless, I'll have to give it a try. There has been another poll creation tool on Bluesky for several years now at https://poll.blue/post

It's open source & available here: https://github.com/netwatchinc/poll.blue

But it's good to have multiple options! My only suggestion would be to support oauth so users don't have to create an app password.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky by lakshikag on Thursday February 06, 2025 @07:59AM (#42961899)

I’m aware of poll.blue, it’s a great tool, but I built blueskypolls.xyz to offer more features like custom emoji support, poll end dates, and detailed result graphs, all while keeping it fast and simple to use.

OAuth is definitely on my radar, but I’m holding off until Bluesky provides a proper OAuth implementation. Once that’s in place, I’d love to integrate it!

Regarding the AV warning, it’s possible that the domain was previously registered and used for something malicious before I got it, but unfortunately, I can’t control its past. That said, I’m already reaching out to Bitdefender to get it reviewed and cleared.

Appreciate you bringing it up, and thanks for checking out this.

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky by gbarletta on Thursday February 06, 2025 @11:37AM (#42964068)

.xyz domains are commonly associated with malware, scams, and phishing, leading to such measures as multiple antimalware vendors blacklisting many or all .xyz domains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.xyz

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Re:Show HN: I built a tool to create polls on Bluesky by S0y on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:49PM (#42964710)

I think it's pretty unfortunate .xyz domains ended up having such a bad reputation. I know when the tld first came out it was extremely cheap ($1 for the first year?) so I suspect anyone who wanted a good deal grabbed one.

Obligatory: https://abc.xyz/

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