jdp23.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy
In the process of shifting my indieweb.social account here ...
strategist, software engineer, entrepreneur, activist ... and I run the Nexus of Privacy […]
[bridged from https://neuromatch.social/@jdp23 on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Yep. Also, quite a few Mastodon users have made it clear that they way the ability to prevent people from quoting their posts, so that's seen as key functionality -- but none of the existing ActivityPub-based quote solutions have this functionality.
Oh, and also, there's years of complaining […]
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Personally I find it useful to have an account over there -- not just because of the bridging factor, but also to be able to take advantage of custom feeds and starter packs. I already have a zillion accounts, what's once more? But I can see arguments both ways as to whether the value outweighs […]
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Honestly, that's the undelrying issue: everything about ActivityPub is so complex and multi-layered, and there's sooooo much history around the implementation choices Mastodon et al have made, that there isn't really any way to eli5.
@licho @hrefna
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@drukac you can follow Bluesky accounts that have opted in -- for example my account there is @[email protected]
If a Bluesky account isn't currently bridging, you can ask them to -- see @bsky.brid.gy's profile for more
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@futurebird Totally agree. Back in 2008 I got into a debate with Clay Shirky at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference. At the time I was very optimistic about social networks possibilities to create change -- mybarackobama.com was hugely impactful, as was the One Million Strong for […]
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@rra agreed! Although, it's not unique to bridges -- federation between less-than-competely-compatible implementations of AP has similar challenges.
In general I think bridges are very undertheorized. They're interesting not just connecting networks with different protocols, but also […]
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@rra btw there's a thread on the Bridgy Fed github that relates to "the Fediverse as an ongoing critique of openness." It's nominally about whether or not Bridgy Fed should shift to opt-out on Bluesky (which is almost public) ... but there's also a huge amount of relitigating the decision to […]
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Good points, I'll update that post with more about the limitations. And it doesn't bridge edits either. Software, sigh.
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Worth mentioning: these posts are (hopefully) bridging to Bluesky. Hopefully this will be a somewhat-cross-network conversation.
If you want your posts to bridge as well, consider opting in to Bridgy Fed by following @bsky.brid.gy from the fediverse or @ap.brid.gy from your Bluesky account […]
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All that being said, it's amazing when it works. Check out https://bsky.app/profile/jdp23.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3ljgagixh5jj2 and https://bsky.app/profile/thenexusofprivacy.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy/post/3ljgawvew4lm2 for posts that bridge remarkably well. It'll be interesting to […]
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Sure enough, that's just what it was ... the posts are federating. Whee!
And really, a half-hour lag for a new account to start bridging isn't unreasonable ... expectation-setting is key. But of course that means that the exepctation-setting is complex, and people want something simple. II's a […]
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Hmm. None of this is visible over there, but I might just be because Bridgy Fed is lagging -- https://infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy/114094531056641467 (from an account that's been bridged for a while) also isn't bridging.
Software, sigh.
No shade on anybody, I know Bridgy Fed's a […]
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hmm maybe I'm not. @jdp23.thenexus.today can you see this?