Nelson Chu Pavlosky@evan @ben One consideration is that maybe if the Bluesky bridge were opt-in, some servers currently moving to block it would instead leave it be, and that would make it more available / useful to their users.
That said, people may have been unnecessarily nasty about it without fully understanding the situation. I personally found the bridge less objectionable after research, even though I have very negative feelings about Bluesky. Ryan seems thoughtful: https://snarfed.org/2024-02-13_52223
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