Gregory's Server
Why is a lot of Mastodon users are so obsessed with things that "can be abused for harrassment" even without any real world example?
It was one of the reasonings to block instances like udongein - "but it is possible to "signal" bad posts" or something
This reasoning is now used for trying to say that full text search on public posts should be fediblockable because it can be abused for harrasement by keywords
If you take this reasoning you could really say that everything on fediverse can be abused - including "lack of markdown, MFM and html formatting in mastodon" (potentially can be used to subvert misskey/pleroma post meaning by screenshotting in mastodon then posted as screenshot to frame someone), "misskey emoji reactions" (can be used to make Mastodon person unknowingly push harmful content to akkoma and misskey users as something that he sees as favorite but actually is an custom image), "any post and reply" (could be used for harrasment, can be not screen reader friendly)
It was one of the reasonings to block instances like udongein - "but it is possible to "signal" bad posts" or something
This reasoning is now used for trying to say that full text search on public posts should be fediblockable because it can be abused for harrasement by keywords
If you take this reasoning you could really say that everything on fediverse can be abused - including "lack of markdown, MFM and html formatting in mastodon" (potentially can be used to subvert misskey/pleroma post meaning by screenshotting in mastodon then posted as screenshot to frame someone), "misskey emoji reactions" (can be used to make Mastodon person unknowingly push harmful content to akkoma and misskey users as something that he sees as favorite but actually is an custom image), "any post and reply" (could be used for harrasment, can be not screen reader friendly)