@maegul @winterknell @sam @mastodonmigration @stuart @vruz @snarfed.org @snarfed

That bridge is important. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

Back in the early aughts, when Facebook expanded to the public, 'everyone' was on MySpace. It is improbable to organically acquire the users of an established social network (particularly one so liked) if you're walled off. So they created a bridge (bot) connecting users to friends still on MySpace while siphoning users.