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Bluesky is a broad network with lots of worthwhile people and conversations! I hope you’ll give it a chance. Only fully public content is bridged, not followers-only, unlisted, or otherwise private posts or profiles. Still, if you want to opt out, I understand. Feel free to DM me at @snarfed@indieweb.social (different account than this one), email me, file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.
(Admins, if you decide beforehand that you don’t want your instance to federate with Bluesky over the bridge, the domain to limit or block is bsky.brid.gy.)
A number of us have thought about this for a while now, we’re committed to making it work well for everyone, and we’re very open to feedback. Thanks for listening. Feel free to share broadly.
Shlee fucked around and 
@shlee @snarfed.org @activitypubblueskybridge @fedidevs @fediversenews
eh ... as with Threads + fedipact, there's likely a spectrum where the louder voices can mask the "middle of the road" voices, for better or worse. Anti-Bridge-Pact?
What exactly is the difference between this and a new instance? I'm genuinely unclear?
Like, do kbin instances respect search indexing preferences? What about other commercial instances like moth?
Is it the relative size of bksy?
@jbwharris @shlee @snarfed.org @activitypubblueskybridge @fedidevs @fediversenews
Yea, for me, the whole "I want a relatively anti-social social media" motive of many on masto seems like something that requires better institutional/infrastructural devices rather than merely distributing it amongst defed, personal blocks and outcries over opt-in/opt-out.
At some point, it seems, some people just want a different system than what this is. Like a closed FOSS Discord.
@jbwharris @shlee @snarfed.org @activitypubblueskybridge @fedidevs @fediversenews
Which, TBC, is all good by me.
It's just that the amount of noise and "drama" necessary to maintain this constant vigilance against what a decentralised social media protocol naturally allows seems like a potential dead end with diminishing returns.
EG, many on bsky that those here would like to talk to have probably left here because of this "noise" however much they align with the values here.
@maegul
I just checked and Mastodon does have a whitelist mode instances can use of they really want control over their data.
"This mode is intended for private use only, such as in academic institutions or internal company networks, as it effectively creates a data silo, which is contrary to Mastodon's mission of decentralization. This setting was known as WHITELIST_MODE prior to 3.1."
@jbwharris @shlee @snarfed.org @activitypubblueskybridge @fedidevs @fediversenews
> I know on other platforms from the comfort of Mastodon
And isn't this the promise of decentralised social media!?
Choice + connectivity?!
In that regard, bridging AP and ATProto is likely necessary for either/both to deliver on the promise. Especially given that both platforms are *tiny* compared to big-social (yes, everyone's still on twitter/threads).
If connectivity isn't provided, then alternative social media is doomed to suffer this "niche-dom" for better/worse.