I know some Mastodon users were really unhappy at the existence of this back when it was first announced. But as far as I'm concerned it's entirely a good thing. Even less centralisation, and it's not like any content shared on Mastodon could be taken to be private at all anyway.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2024
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I'm pretty sure that people were unhappy because it was opt-out at first. Now that bridging is opt-in, I don't think most people have a problem with it and I've seen a number of posts from both sides of the bridge so it seems to be working.
It's unfortunate that (at least on the Bluesky side) an attempt at following a person doesn't result in them getting a DM asking for that to be ok.
Which means following a person on Bluesky is not possible unless they've already opted in.
All I want to do is follow a couple of authors or content creators but none of them know what bridgy.fed is :(
Ah damn. I just came across the first time I wanted to actually use this. It requires opt-in from both ends‽ No wonder people aren't upset, the damn thing is nearly useless.
I'm still unhappy about it, because I don't trust corporate interests in open and community-driven spaces like the fediverse. It's never mixed well in the past.
I wouldn't be surprised if BlueSky is soon "the easy way to follow people on Mastodon"
I would be even less surprised if they attempt an Embrace-Extend-Extinguish tactic within 5 years.
Very excited to see this, and to be able to follow BlueSky and Mastodon users from my nostr app