NodeBB-ActivityPub Bridge Test Instance

@BeAware Do non-tech people use Mastodon?

ActivityPub just doesn't seem right for blogs, doesn't anybody feel the same way? It's just weird. We can have #ActivityPub *and* #RSS.

@Ctrl_R Oh, I mean, when Mastodon *does* have native quote posts available via their API, where the native user preferences are respected, then the third-party fetching should stop. It's deliberately circumventing a safety feature at that point.

@Ctrl_R This analogy could get messy if we explore it any longer, but my point is that impediments to doing bad things, even imperfect impediments, are good.

Responsible developers will make Mastodon clients that obey user’s wishes, and the extra effort required to find the quoted post will likely deter enough people to make the feature worthwhile.

@Ctrl_R Anybody adequately motivated could easily steal my car, but I still lock the doors.

@Ctrl_R Yes, of course anybody *can* fetch something that isn't followers-only. Just like you *can* log out of Twitter and see tweets from someone who has blocked you.

But adding that extra hurdle makes it inconvenient and therefore less likely.

When quote-posts become baked into #Mastodon and available via the API, I hope clients stop fetching quoted posts on their own.

Part of Mastodon's implementation will be the ability for people to prevent quote-posting of their content, and to "withdraw" their posts from anywhere they were quoted.

"Faking" quote-posts by merely fetching the post object from within the client will not respect these preferences and intentions of the quoted user.