Even though when I look at my list of contacts, only 8 are listed. I know I have a friend request out to Cindy, so I assume that's counted?

The default permissions are private, but I believe that a private post can only be seen by other Friendica users. All the bluesky users are marked as, "I follow them," rather than "mutual friend." Even though Friendica says it's sending contact requests to Bluesky users, I'm not clear if those requests are real or not.

This post is set to public, so everyone who knows how to find me here should be able to see it. Feel free to comment to say hello if that's a thing you can do...