@janl@chaos.social @aurynn the best practice to follow is opt-**in**. Mastodon does this wrong with the search-indexing setting as well. Create a hashtag for it. #searchme. #indexme. whatever. Consent is about opting-in. Legally as well, look at the GDPR.

Especially as this is just an 'experiment' having people opting in with your specific hashtag also gives you information if people actually want this.