~ The Fediverse safety feature cycle ~
Users: Hey if Mastodon did X, it would make it trickier for abusive people to do something, which would prevent some abuse
Weird dudes on github: It wouldn't *prevent* anything. With a great amount of effort, you could work around this, and then anyone could have the information you're trying to hide, as long as they know Ruby, Python, Perl, Haskell, Fortran and punch-card—
Pleroma devs: We already built a feature that automates the abuse you're afraid of
Some guy is stuck at home with 10000 atlas moths he was supposed to deliver to other places, but then lockdown hit...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGZTtLppr_o
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