@allen099 @snarfed.org @Gargron I sent a message to snarfed telling him what I thought of his outrageous "opt-out" option ...what a way to pad the numbers count for bluesky!
Who would want to deal with an organization that has the audacity to pull this stunt!
allen099@mastodon.online 8 months ago
@Snowshadow @Gargron Agree! Though for me, part of the appeal of being in an open world (Fediverse) is not having someone sign me up for something I didn’t ask for. It’s a simple as that.
proximacentauri@mstdn.social 8 months ago
@allen099 @Snowshadow @Gargron Mastodon federates by default to all new instances. Bluesky Bridge is only a new instance.
Your problem is with Mastodon, not with this bridge.
Snowshadow@mastodon.social 8 months ago
@proximacentauri @allen099 @Gargron Maybe...
What irritates me is that I left social media for quite a period of time b/c I was fed up with the nonsense going on in corp. owned social media platforms. So I found out about fediverse and now threads is here and bluesky.
That's fine...I just don't want to see any of it or interact with those instances and I have blocked them...I don't want that toxic element in my TL.
allen099@mastodon.online 8 months ago
@proximacentauri @Snowshadow @Gargron Which is why I asked @Gargron to opt out.
And, being ok with seeing several problems in one scenario, I also don’t like being opted into something I didn’t ask for.
user8e8f87c@berlin.social 8 months ago
@allen099 @proximacentauri @Snowshadow @Gargron You can also block all bridged bluesky instances. This bridge is a big chance for the fediverse to gain more relevancy. You can go to an instance not federating with them, but you shouldn’t expect @Gargron’s mainstream instances to do so.
Snowshadow@mastodon.social 8 months ago
@allen099 That is my point. That is why I am outraged. I am still swearing every time I think about it. Unbelievable the nerve!!
The Arrogance!!
shiri@foggyminds.com 8 months ago
@Snowshadow @allen099 you are not being signed up for anything with this, it's just another instance translating between the two protocols and all normal tools still apply.
The arrogance is thinking you can make public posts on a federate platform and dictate how they federate.
I'll also note that this isn't a corporate person doing this, it's a private individual. Bluesky has promised to federate under it's own protocol since it's beginning, once it does so you will see many instances on the bluesky protocol much the same as we're talking on the activitypub protocol, this bridge just connects the two protocols and a lot of people are interested in implementing such tools because that's the whole point of federation.
allen099@mastodon.online 8 months ago
@shiri @Snowshadow Am I understanding correctly that you think it’s arrogant to simply ask an instance moderator a question, while not threatening to burn the village down?
It’s cool that people are interested. Where there’s one side, there’s another. The point we’re trying to make is this should be OptIn BECAUSE it’s created by a private entity, that’s all. It’s not an outrageous take.