Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed

Zagorath , 19 days ago

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.

Spotlight7573 , 19 days ago

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.

adam , 19 days ago

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 :(

Zagorath , 13 days ago

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.

PotatoesFall , 18 days ago

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.

makeasnek , 19 days ago

Very excited to see this, and to be able to follow BlueSky and Mastodon users from my nostr app