Ah, so if I want to follow someone from Bluesky, they have to first follow the Bridgy Fed account to opt in, I see.

techcrunch.com/2024/06/05/blue…

Oh well.

Interestingly, a switch to opt-out is being considered.

"Norms on Bluesky are different from the fediverse in this regard."

github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/…

#bluesky #BlueskyBridge #BridgyFed

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

Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

Bridgy Fed is discussing a change to opt-out from Bluesky. This would be great on the Fediverse side, but raises moderation questions for Bluesky users. I accepted these risks the other direction, but by opting in. A recurring challenge with bridges is that content can be bridged more readily than safety controls.

github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/…

#BridgyFed

Switch Bluesky to opt out? · Issue #1471 · snarfed/bridgy-fed

Not actually planned yet, but lots of people regularly request it, so I want a place to capture some of the discussion and ideas. Norms on Bluesky are different from the fediverse in this regard. A...

^GitHub

BridgyFed is great, but not perfect. Replies across platforms are not consistent even when all should be fine and all users in the replies following the bot.

I still need to check my Bluesky account from time to time, because there are also people who follow my Mastodon account from Bluesky, but not the bot. So I won't be getting their replies at all.

#BridgyFed

Dear friends,
This is your regular reminder to bridge your account to Bluesky if you haven't done so already (and are not active there)

fed.brid.gy/

Open Web, not Walled Gardens!

#Fediverse #Bluesky #BridgyFed #mastodon

This user account now shows up as rolle.social on Bluesky thanks to BridgyFed. Instructions here: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky-enhan…

Hello Bluesky here from Mastodon 👋

#BridgyFed #Bluesky #Mastodon

I've been wanting bluesky to simplify the bridging of their accounts like threads does with federating. create a setting any user can turn on and make it visible to all that they are bridging their accounts. but then I realized mastodon could and should do that too. maybe they could "shake hands" publicly and both do that? #bridgyfed

cc @snarfed.org