How do people against the #BlueSky bridge feel about https://rss-parrot.net/? I saw nothing but praise for that when it was announced a little while back, but it’s the same thing. It’s a bridge translating one protocol to another, meaning someone’s public posts could end up on a platform they didn’t opt-in to.
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@0x1C3B00DA it’s not so simple since this platform at its core sends content around without needing any permission of any users.
People are arguing about opt in versus opt out are missing that the nature of ActivityPub that runs the Fediverse is under no obligation to comply with any opting of any sort anyway.
If anything, a lot of people have opted in without realizing what they have opted in to.
@volkris Well, yeah. That’s what I’m saying. I don’t think the demands to make things opt-in make much sense because the fediverse works by allowing your posts to be fetched by any other server.
it’s not so simple
I think that is simple, but regardless, my question was simple. If you think opt-in should be the default and ppl should be able to determine where and how their posts are distributed, then isn’t rss-parrot (and the similar projects that have existed for years) just as bad as the bridgy-fed?