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 From a technical standpoint, are the quote posts on non-Mastodon fedi basically just link previews? Is anybody able to check any of these for me if (on Pleroma or Misskey-based software): - People being quoted are notified that they've been quoted. - How that notification works. - If/how that notification will show up to Mastodon users who are quoted. - If you can (by copying and pasting a url) quote somebody who blocks you. - If you can bypass a block by viewing posts through a quote. Periodic post to remind me when I fuck up. I am doing my best, but these also aren't easy topics. I know the language stuff can seem silly, but it is important. Your identity is never just one thing. It's also a community and a history and a shared experience and understanding. It's how you place yourself in the context of society. [THREAD] If you are queer (or are an admin who cares about the safety of your queer users), do yourself a favour and block Mastodon.Art. This is their response to recent credible death threats against Furry.Engineer users. To be very clear, the "racism and harassment" mentioned here is reporting serious and credible death threats against a Furry.Engineer user. https://dotart.blog/dotart-blog/on-instance-blocks-and-racism
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 @fedilore I'm the first person to say that defederation is an extreme measure that shouldn't be taken until other avenues have been exhausted. But the Mastodon.art admins have proven again and again that they are reactionary sorts that defederate at the drop of a hat and don't take criticism well at all. I think they definitely earned a fediblock at this point. @fedilore As someone who isn't trying to get involved with bullshit but is still affected by it, I'm honestly mystified. When the underprivileged engage in a pissing match amongst themselves, the only winners are the privileged. I'm not sure how much retaliating against dot-Art is going to accomplish, even if its leadership is operating in bad faith. |
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Because quote posts on Twitter/Bluesky/Facebook are first class features on a centralized platform, notifications and blocking tend to work about as well as you'd expect - even if there aren't features to prevent being quoted.
If fedi servers used ActivityPub to request the quoted post, that would allow for blocks and notifications to mostly function, but my impression is that the contents of a post are just normal link previews.