@dansup@pixelfed some things I would like to be addressed before this: —auto night/day mode —interaction counters auto-refresh on realtime —bring back carousel option for timeline pictures —zoom on pictures —fix notifications (99% of time are not working, at least for me) —notification badge on notification icon when new notifications are pending —double tap option to like a photo :-)
@dansup@pixelfed YES! there should be an option, but I'm tired of people being pissy about this! Threads and Tumblr are far worse. Fediverse won't grow, if they keep up with this damn elitist attitude!
@dansup@pixelfed for photos sure. The fear is that the pressure will be to nudge ever closer to instagram+threads intermingling. Personally I kind of like having multiple separate social feeds.
@dansup@pixelfed Seriously f*ch all these VC-funded social media plays. That’s exactly what we are all escaping, isn’t it? No to Bluesky. No to Threads. Just NO.
If every app bends over backwards to support Bluesky, what’s their incentive to federate? Which they probably will never do anyway.
@dansup@pixelfed I think it's a bad idea, you could implement the bridge negatively to make is easier for Pixelfed users to discover it and opt in but I am against native Bluesky support in general. Their protocol gives them full control rather than allowing for actually decentralization and we shouldn't embrace that!
@dansup I've seen conceptual talk of combined ActivityPub servers and AT PDSes. For decentralization, that certainly makes more sense than routing everything through a single bridge. The idea seems worth exploring.
It does have lots of caveats though: posts published to Bluesky cannot be edited and are always fully public, the data model (e.g. 300 chars max) is strict, and there may still be restrictions on the number of accounts per PDS. So check your assumptions carefully.
@dansup Would also suggest getting Pixelfed/Loops accounts on Bluesky/Threads. Bluesky seemed to get loads of signups by having an account on Threads showing people what's available on Bluesky.