Wow, I did not expect to see such a negative response to the potential for Bluesky federation in Pixelfed.
If it does ever happen, it will be opt-in, and we will be adding safety features to block bridges and other undesirable activities to empower admins to have total control!
#pixelfed #bluesky #federation
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@dansup I like the idea.
@dansup A penny's worth of thought you didn't ask for: If I were engineering something like PixelFed/Loops, I would build in Bluesky integration. I think it would be better if […]
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I wonder if a poll might give you a different result.
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@dansup I would prefer for Bluesky and the fediverse to play nice and make things work. So put me in the positive bin I guess.
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Don’t underestimate Bluesky, Threads, Redit etc. The are driven by surveillance economy. They’ll allocate resources to suck data and enrich the profiles of every individual in their […]
@dansup Perhaps it would be better if Bluesky support was at the protocol level, not a separate platform
@dansup In that case, here is some positive response to that: I think it sounds like a very good idea. Bringing together those different protocols is something that I would like to see happen. […]
@dansup this, leaves in the hands of the user who wanted or did not block other federations, this would be a better option.
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