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Feel like this is the problem with this software change. Many people do not want to bridge to Bluesky for whatever reasons. Giving admins the ability to make this decision is just another way of eliminating consent.
How would you determine if this were something mstdn.social would do? How would you inform your users?
Thank you for posting the Github discussion. While some of the discussion is certainly about 'small' instances, the primary rationale seems to be this 'critical mass' argument which we heard during the original debate. It seems the argument is that not enough people are bridging, (only 4% on mastodon.social) so the solution is to enable the instance admin bridge them without their consent.
Would love to hear from some admins like @stux and @jerry on this.
Just trying to understand the rationale behind this software change. People expressed their strong desire to not have BridgyFed automatically connect them to Bluesky. They wanted to make that decision for themselves. So BridgyFed now thinks that people will welcome having their instance admin make that decision for them. Is that the idea?
Edit: Also, what Mastodon instances want this capability? Are user's notified when their account is bridged?
NOTICE: Your account may soon be bridged to #Bluesky whether or not you want it to be.
According to @LaurensHof's excellent Fediverse Report (https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-121/) changes have been made to the Bluesky bridge.
"Bridgy Fed, the bridging software that connects ActivityPub with ATProto, has gotten an update where server admins can opt-in to the bridge for their entire server."
Thought Bluesky bridge opt-in vs opt-out was settled. Why has this been done without soliciting community input?
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And, if you decide you want to join Mastodon, you might want to consider signing up for the intrepid @stux's Netherlands/EU based mstdn.social:
A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.
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It is difficult to draw any conclusions. But there seem to be two groups of troopers, the National Guard in green, who are largely standing there maintaining a line, and the Homeland Security Police in black, who have engaged with the protesters firing some sort of non-lethal munitions at them to push them back. The protestors are angry and vociferous, but have not seen any violence from them.
LA Protest Live
There is a lot of misinformation being spread about the events in LA.
Here is a live feed of the current situation with Nation Guard troops deployed at the Federal Building.
CNBC-TV18: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyqZBvp9X8
Another live link from The Sun: https://www.youtube.com/live/MSigGtBuKvM?si=yIEc8wyLCylfphOL
And another from Agenda Free TV: https://www.youtube.com/live/-BrsI2vVHKA?si=K35SAehXAgInrfme
More live streams:
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Ooof 😟 this morning i got the server bills and currently im still a massive €470+ short.. Upcoming week I'm gonna dedicate go clean up servers, merge some to cut costs Unofrt active users has gone down but the cost do keep return and even increase every month Please, if you can and want, help me out with these bills https://paypal.me/stuxOS https://patreon.com/mstdn https://ko-fi.com/mstdn https://bunq.me/stuxhost https://stux.me/donate https://liberapay.com/mstdn Boosts would also be a help❤️
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Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners
So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/bluesky-is-weighing-a-proposal-that-gives-users-consent-over-how-their-data-is-used-for-ai/)
Not so fast.
1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file
h/t @Lydie https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/114149023344861046
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