@BeAware@social.beaware.live @reiver Bridgy Fed was originally supposed to be opt-out, but so many people on ActivityPub based networks went bonkers with the notion that it somehow infringed on their privacy. I mean, I understand some of the argument relating to the possible increase of malicious actors, but that will happen regardless of any bridges if there is ever any significant active user growth. I was super excited about the bridge until that happened. It really killed any meaningful potential it may have had.

I just can’t grasp the notion of maintaining privacy on a completely open network protocol.