I can't reply to this unfortunately, so quoting: this is the first we're hearing that it's annoying. I'm open to discussing turning this off, but I also think it's important a person knows when their replies are lost.

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i think bridgy fed is a fine and well meaning project, but i do not...

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@quillmatiq.com I think y’all handled this in Bridgy really well considering the feedback. But I also think the fediverse community overreacted when bridging was first introduced. I don’t think it would be unreasonable to reconsider opt-out as the default, or a per-instance setting for Mastodon admins.

@manton That means a lot coming from you, Manton - tysm!!

While I agree it was a bit of an overreaction, I do empathize with the concept of not wanting to be exposed to a network by default - open social is complex enough without “and then there’s this other protocol.

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