Gregory's Server@polotek I think a lot of people on here are used to the way things are but the reason they are like that is due to social conventions, not protocol or app-level design. And therefore the main tool available to maintain it is by shouting about the social conventions.
@polotek The people complaining about the bridge keep referencing safety, but the safety is purely encoded in social conventions. Even right now without the bridge, if you block an instance your post can end up on that instance and the people there can reply and discuss it and you won't see any of it. That's fine for protecting yourself from seeing bad things but it doesn't protect you from swatting for instance.