fediblock, meta
@schratze Additionally boosting a comment that tries to justify consent violations by arguing that the spec allows it, to get an idea of the general amount of respect they have for personal boundaries
fedi drama?
@joepie91 ah, I just saw the "Apology" link, apparently it wasn't always the way it is now.
re: fedi drama?
@lambda The problem is not technical, the problem is that it is a consent violation on multiple levels. It enables anonymous following (a significant harassment vector), and also replicates follower-only posts. It is essentially deliberately bypassing the visibility/privacy controls placed on posts by their authors.
This is one of those "just because you *can* build it, doesn't mean you should" things.
fedi drama?
@joepie91 I don't get it. What's the problem with a read-only catch-all ActivityPub server?