@snarfed.org Having seen more of the discourse around this, now I’m firmly in the camp of “leave it opt-out and don’t give these bullies an inch.” They are a vocal minority and they’ll never be satisfied until they’ve shamed you out of building anything at all. Forcing them to hide away in private Mastodon servers to avoid your bridge would be a vast improvement to the Fediverse.
@snarfed.org I like the idea in your second issue (DMing you when someone from BS tries to follow you for the first time). :-)
But I think most people would be using it to follow people on BS from their Fediverse account, so I would say that should be the trigger. I think of it like WhatsApp: You can hide your Last Seen and Last Read info, provided you also consent to not seeing that info from others. As soon as you want to see other people’s Last Seen and Last Read info, you have to consent to providing yours.
So I’d say do the DM the first time you try to follow someone ON BlueSky, and until such time as you do that, nobody on BlueSky will be able to see you.
In addition, maybe let people specifically register on your website by typing in their Fediverse handles, and that will allow them to be visible to people on BlueSky, without you having to follow anyone.
But yeah, if you follow someone on BlueSky, then by definition you’re consenting to have your information visible to BlueSky users.
@snarfed.org Having seen more of the discourse around this, now I’m firmly in the camp of “leave it opt-out and don’t give these bullies an inch.” They are a vocal minority and they’ll never be satisfied until they’ve shamed you out of building anything at all. Forcing them to hide away in private Mastodon servers to avoid your bridge would be a vast improvement to the Fediverse.
@snarfed.org I like the idea in your second issue (DMing you when someone from BS tries to follow you for the first time). :-)
But I think most people would be using it to follow people on BS from their Fediverse account, so I would say that should be the trigger. I think of it like WhatsApp: You can hide your Last Seen and Last Read info, provided you also consent to not seeing that info from others. As soon as you want to see other people’s Last Seen and Last Read info, you have to consent to providing yours.
So I’d say do the DM the first time you try to follow someone ON BlueSky, and until such time as you do that, nobody on BlueSky will be able to see you.
In addition, maybe let people specifically register on your website by typing in their Fediverse handles, and that will allow them to be visible to people on BlueSky, without you having to follow anyone.
But yeah, if you follow someone on BlueSky, then by definition you’re consenting to have your information visible to BlueSky users.
That’s my 2c.