When you think about it, it's kinda insane that the Bluesky ⇄ Mastodon bridge currently works better than the Threads ⇄ Mastodon integration, given that the latter is being done by a megacorp with infinite money, and the former by one guy who works on it part time for free 🫠

Corporate structures support the structure, not the end product.

The former design goal -- full interop (for anyone who opts in) with a "locked open" network -- is much simpler to achieve. Whereas the megacorp devs need to navigate two fundamentally different sets of cultures + priorities -- neither of which was designed for full public interop.

I assume it's not a lack of technical capacity on Meta's part, they are just being obnoxiously conservative about everything.

The guy that does it for free does it because he wants to...The guy that does it for free does it because he wants to...

I've yet to give it a full go, due to limits on some Mastodon instances that blocked the bridge. As for why? No clue! I'm guessing it's the same reason the Threads bridge was blocked, even if the two are different.

Not quite for free though, BlueSky gave a grant.

@mackuba.eu facts! And now Flipboard as well! Meta getting embarrassed in real time.

Why would Zuck want his controlled, revenue generating platform to integrate seamlessly with an open source platform?

No... no, that's about what I'd expect with that setup. Never forget how the internet works:

Eh, that tracks honestly