We seriously need to talk about deletion not being real in the fedi.
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We seriously need to talk about deletion not being real in the fedi.
Some instances never erase your toots when you delete them.
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We seriously need to talk about deletion not being real in the fedi.
Some instances never erase your toots when you delete them.
@maikel The two uncomfortable truths of the internet, since the '90s:
- You can never reliably publish something.
- You can never reliably delete something once it's published.
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We seriously need to talk about deletion not being real in the fedi.
Some instances never erase your toots when you delete them.
maikel@vmst.io what is there to talk about? ActivityPub is a decentralized and distributed protocol. Deletion is best effort and while the ideal use case would be instant deletion of your own content, everywhere, on demand, it's just not feasible.
I sympathize, I really do, I just don't have any answers.
