@mdstevens0612 @ben_zen At least an honest take: The only consequence of not implementing it while everyone _can_ use it is to make it harder and to show disresprect to those who are new to the Fediverse.
I'm sure there'll be forks that block the feature. Providing a limited access to the Fediverse for millions of Mastodon-users was a sad decision for a way too long time.