#FediBlock snarfed.org and brid.gy for bridging fediverse folks to Bluesky against their will (and in likely contravention of GDPR in the EU) with typical Silicon Valley techbro sense of entitlement:

“[O]pt in results in far fewer users, and users are critical for a bridge to be useful.”¹

Relevant GitHub issue: github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/…

¹ snarfed.org/2023-11-27_re-intr…

HT @homegrown

#bridgy #snarfed #fediverse #mastodon #bluesky #bridging #optOut #optIn #consent #gdpr #eu #SiliconValley #techbros

Opt-out is a terrible default and should be reconsidered · Issue #835 · snarfed/bridgy-fed

It should be pretty obvious that a decentralized network that many use specifically to not be connected to centralized networks houses mostly people who do not wish to have their posts bridged to B...

^GitHub

Why tech bro rules the world: How to become one of them

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This is it, I’ve found the worst article on the Internet. I’m not even sure a shower is going to help. I might be permanently damaged. Read at your own risk. Oh gawd…

#techBros #SiliconValley #douchebagWorship

Why tech bro rules the world: How to become one of them

A young man meets with a young lady he likes for the first time, and while exchanging pleasantries and knowing themselves, the lady asks: "Are you a tech bro?

^{Gabriel Ntoka (Skabash!)}