Post by @flaviusflavius@mastodon.online

2026-02-10 19:15 UTC

@quillmatiq When following the bot, one assurance is that only those that agree to being part of the fediverse, or the other way around, get to participate: limiting the number of non-commital replies you get from over the bridge. It's also a slippery slope for fully automatic bridging.

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@snarfed.org@snarfed.org 2026-02-10 19:42

one important point here is that this only lets you interact with someone who's not bridged after they've interacted with you, and only to directly respond to that interaction. nothing else. we hope that maintains people's existing expectations, in general.

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@quillmatiq@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 19:53

@flaviusflavius Getting non-committal (I actually think bridging is a form of committing, but I digress) isn't a conversation around consent. I think that if you're replying to or mentioning someone, they have the right to respond. As far as a slippery slope - we've been very clear since the founding of A New Social about never auto-bridging anyone on Bridgy Fed. We've specifically designed this feature so that the unbridged user is not exposed to the bridge.

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