Folks, if you haven't bridged and you comment on my stuff, I literally will not see it on Fedi unless I put the link of my bridged account in the web bar and check my posts I don't have a Bsky account, I can't login and reply! It's bridged from my Fedi on the wonderful Sakurajima instance.
I don't wanna be mean but I can't handle how many times I've said it and it hasn't gotten through to folks. My bridged handle literally even isn't "bsky.social", and my announcements elsewhere have said it...
It's right here!!! https://fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-get-started It's easy! FOLLOW THE DARN ACCOUNT!!!!!!!! Bam donezo, I see you, you see me!
I really hate ignoring people's replies Maybe that guy shoulda made this auto opt-in in the first place like he wanted, we wouldn't have this hassle.
@naan God, I feel your frustration very much
Indeed, I wish it was auto opt-in, for Bluesky at least...I understand why there was backlash over it, especially in Fediverse. So Fediverse being manual opt-in is fine, but it's really hard to get non-Fedi people to bridge, it's so frustrating. It's hard to get friends to bridge, let alone strangers!
At this point, I don't even know why it's so hard for people to bridge when it's so simple and easy to do. I believe some people just signed up and followed some people in Bluesky for 1-2 days then left, so they didn't get to see the post about bridge, which is...okay, fine. But the rest? I have no idea
I think Bridgy Fed dev still had plans to auto opt-in for Bluesky, but who knows
@hako_aiko Yes! I was telling someone else that while I understand the worry some folk had about privacy issues and all of that--ngl, I agreed with said someone else that maybe the BridgyFed dev should have just done auto opt in and let everyone piss off about it, because the bullying he received was just one major reason why a good chunk of Fedi deserves to get their rocks kicked in the ground.
Like, heck even *I* got pushback in the github thread about the debacle, all because I literally answered ONE question about the bridge, because I found the relevant section, and was accused of supporting a "rapist nazi." Hmm, yes, because totally.
re: auto opt in for Bluesky, it seems that yes, Bsky as a whole (the staff?) has decided to allow the entire platform to be bridged automatically: https://snarfed.org/2024-10-17_ame-snarfed-org-theres-been-this-breta-moe
so you know. I'm sure when Bsky announces it, they will absolutely not have anyone mad at them
(there are folks who've gotten mad when Bsky adds normal features to the site--like DMs lmao)
@naan (Sorry for the late reply! I thought I had replied, turns out not lmao)
> the bullying he received was just one major reason why a good chunk of Fedi deserves to get their rocks kicked in the ground.
FOR REAL. Some discourse here reached ridiculous levels, including this one. There are unfortunate reasons why Fedi isn't mainstream - some ridiculous and unwelcoming, even aggressive residents being one of them.
I'm sorry to hear you had to experience that!
Honestly, I tried my best to ignore that discourse/drama and not look deeper into it back when it happened for my sanity, so I didn't know the details. Turns out it's THAT bad. Yikes. I can't even make sense of it. How can wanting to bridge with Bluesky and wanting auto opt-on (in other words, opt-out) means...that?! What's the logic here?!
> it seems that yes, Bsky as a whole (the staff?) has decided to allow the entire platform to be bridged automatically
Oh yeah, I saw that! I hope it'll come sooner or later. Preferably sooner. Seems like there's some technical issues too, but one can dream. Never lose hope.
There's bound to be some anger, that is only natural but...what?! Angry for DMs?! That's so ridiculous!! Humans are truly magical and ridiculous sometimes. I can't even...
@hako_aiko Unfortunately my sanity took the hit LMAO, but yeah, good on you for not delving deeper into it. I need to learn how to do that... (narrator: no she won't)
As for logic, it was mainly privacy worries and ideas about consent, whereupon some took the "consent" part too far ("so clearly since you don't care about consent of users, I bet you don't care about consent of your romantic/sexual partners too") Not everyone was unhinged about it, but you know, one or three schmucks ruins the bunch.
AND YEAH IDK. Like, idk, during the invite code era, Bsky had mentioned that they were going to be public, the invites were just so they could keep working on the site gradually until they felt confident the site could manage to hold its own when it became public, whenever that would be.
But then when it DID become public this year, under the announcement post, so many people were mad that it became public and no longer private. Like. Uh. How does someone who never joined READ the things more than its users????
That's one of the things where I don't think Bsky staff deserves that much grief because wtf, I'm sorry your userbase seems allergic to reading your own updates :sob: