@FediTips Some Anglos find me patronizing when I disagree with them. ‍️

Are we having a discussion in good faith, though? I'm not so sure. You're not really answering any of my questions. And more often than not answering beside the point (I'm talking about Bluesky and you reply ICE, for example)

@FediTips Bluesky users are doing the kidnapping and the killing? Wow... That's quite scary.

(sorry, I wasn't clear with "Most people" I meant: most users of both the Fediverse and Bluesky)

Honestly, take a deep breath, and think about what I'm telling you instead of reacting without really reading. I'm not trolling you, I'm trying to find a logic in blocking the bridge, and I don't find it.

@FediTips
No. The US government arrived in mass on Bluesky months ago (and got blocked in mass right away), but only now there is an outcry because the accounts got a blue checkmark. I mean, seriously?

And the US government arrived on Bluesky to "own the libs" or something like that.

Anyway, how are you deplatforming ICE by blocking the bridge? Could you explain?

@FediTips The funny and sad thing being that most people are very similar, but let's throw expletive at each other and block each other instead.

@FediTips Don't you confuse "being upset at ICE" and "being upset at ICE being verified"? Because there is a difference.

They're a governmental agency, if Bluesky accepts them (and we can debate whether they should or not, I'm fine with that debate) why should they not be verified?

I'm pretty sure no one on Bluesky will be radicalized by such an account. The prejudice against people using Bluesky are pretty insane (as insane as the prejudice of people using Bluesky against the Fediverse) ️

@FediTips "the far right"?

Is there only one?

@FediTips You missed my point about Threads. You said you're not telling people what they should do and how they should use the Fediverse.

So I'm asking you to please explain people how to connect with Threads, if you just "advise people." That's advice that's good to know.

I know you won't do it. And that's my point. You present your advice as objective or neutral when they're not.

I'm not saying they should, I'm saying that maybe you should be a bit more upfront about your editorial line.

@FediTips Honestly? Yes, blocking servers is not something that should be done except with rare exceptions.

"Blocking" Bluesky (or rather the bridge) is no different from those who block mastodon.social.

And I'm still confused as to why people are so upset at the verification thing. Are people still confusing it with a seal of approval or something? If anything, it makes the account easier to block and prevents from blocking a parody account by mistake.

@FediTips I feel more and more that your account is for advising people to use the Fediverse the way YOU like it.

Or if I ask how to bridge your account to Bluesky, you will also post a thread about this to explain it to the people?

How about communication with Threads? Can you explain it please? I'm a bit unsure about it.

And "virtue signaling" means what it means, I'm not sure why this expression shouldn't be used when it's appropriate?

@FediTips I mean, I'd like to not be patronizing but you're not helping when posting something like this.

Blocking the bridge is not blocking Bluesky. It does nothing on the Bluesky side, and all it does on the side of something doing it is preventing them from seeing posts from people on Bluesky who bridged here (i.e. who don't disregard the Fediverse and who want to communicate with it).

How does it help or do anything?

Are all Bluesky users guilty by association?

@FediTips Seriously, that doesn't make a lick of sense.

You're not blocking Bluesky (you can't, it doesn't communicate with the Fediverse), you're blocking the bridge.
What is the purpose apart from virtue signaling?

If a Fediverse account is not bridged, no one on the Bluesky side can see it.

Bluesky accounts bridged into the Fediverse allow them to be seen on the Fediverse. If you don't want to see a Bluesky account in the Fediverse, don't follow any. As simple as that.

@loki_bass @FediTips People being paranoid and not understanding how the bridge works, once again... It happens every six months or so.

@FediTips And why would you want to do that?

This is silly.