Forest @forestjohnson@pixie.town

with the squerge of the account / statuses policies side effects pull request, the domain limit stuff for #GoToSocial is now more or less finished, and if you're running a snapshot you can try it out :)

If you're interested, you can read more about domain limits here, including what they allow you to do: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/admin/domain_limits/

Essentially, when it comes to a limited domain you can do stuff like:

reject all media (attachments, emojis, avatars, headers)
mark media as sensitive
mute all accounts by default, much like Mastodon and other softwares allow
force a content warning to be added to posts
set a follows policy so that follows from limited domains are forced to manual approval, rejected, or rejected UNLESS they're "follow-backs"
set it up so that posts get a "hide" or "warn" filter applied by default

Importantly, the mute/silence and filter adding options don't apply to accounts you follow. So if you mute a domain, you can still follow accounts from that domain and see their posts just fine.

With all these options, this should give GtS admins a lot more control over federation with shitty instances, beyond just domain blocking them completely.

Aside from already being available to snapshot users, the feature will be in v0.21.0, which we'll likely release shortly after the new year :)

I just donated to the fediverse instance I use, mastoart.social. In an otherwise rapidly enshittifing online space decentralized social media needs your support. If you are able, please consider donating to your instance! Thanks so much @bestiaexmachina & @Kitty for allowing me to use your instance & happy whatever y'all celebrate at this time of year!

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