@hoodieak I may be streching the point but when I see the reaction towards cross-posting tools, I feel like bridges are always seen as this "compromise" and you always get a side-eye for using them.
Like, somehow if you _think_ about trying to bridge <FOSS thing> with <properitary thing> you're seen as not worthy of the FOSS stuff and therefore nobody wants to help you.
@hoodieak Which is, of course, counter-productive because then newly arrived ppl are confronted with the
"Forget about <properitary thing>!! It's bad!!"
"But my friends/habits!"
"ｄｅａｔｈ ｔｏ ｐｒｏｐｅｒｉｔａｒｙ ｔｈｉｎｇｓ"
etc etc
@hoodieak But imo it all boils down to the thing most tech/dev folks tend to forget: most users won't care about your thing being FOSS if it's hard to use/migrate to or worse if it's hostile to non savyy users..
did you see my article on gargron's misconceptions in general and how he has mistreated queer activists that made masto what it is?
@hoodieak yup, I read it a bit quickly I have to admit but yea. As someone who took the banhammer from his Patreon/Discord because I called out his "if you dont like it then make a fork" behaviour to his face I agree 1000%
@hoodieak I know the time I saw G ranting about cross-posting tools on his account I felt like it wasn't a good look.
Like, you can't complain that Masto doesn't "rise in popularity" and yet condemn tools that help ppl migrate like they're plaging the platform and should be banned or something 😒