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   Christopher Trottier (atomicpoet@firefish.city)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 04:55:14 JST Christopher Trottier

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   If you believe the Fediverse should operate in an "opt-in" manner, why don't you create or join Fediverse servers that block everything by default, and only federate with servers that are deliberately whitelisted?
   
   This isn't a rhetorical question. I'm genuinely curious.
   
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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 04:55:13 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @atomicpoet @fediversenews I'm thinking about it for the micro instance I run, but I'm concerned about it being labour intensive, as my public account for work stuff is on there.

     As it is, I block servers (etc) the users (all four of them) might not want, and unblock them if they want me to.

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     LAUREN (noondlyt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:19:08 JST LAUREN

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     @atomicpoet @fediversenews I was talking about Bluesky and Threads.

     Tim Chambers repeated this.
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     Christopher Trottier (atomicpoet@firefish.city)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:19:08 JST Christopher Trottier

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     @noondlyt@mastodon.social @fediversenews@venera.social Okay, but I'm referencing everything that creates debate over opt-in/opt-out: bridges, bots, search engines, servers, federation, etc.
     
     Every time there's a debate about what's allowable, someone says, "I didn't opt in".
     
     However, if you're not running a server that blocks everything by default, except for whitelisted servers, you're not opting into anything. By default, when a server "sees" another server, they are federated.

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     LAUREN (noondlyt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:19:09 JST LAUREN

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     @atomicpoet @fediversenews You are referencing a known corporate backed instance. When I joined Mastodon it was because the vast majority of the fediverse was people who believed (that's what they said) in open, free, non-corporate backed, no advertising social media. Large publicly traded, profit driven, shareholder controlled entities are now entering this space. Going forward it may be necessary (for me) to initially block. I will be migrating.

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     Christopher Trottier (atomicpoet@firefish.city)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:19:09 JST Christopher Trottier

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     @noondlyt@mastodon.social @fediversenews@venera.social I’m actually not referencing one particular corporate-backed instance. Threads wasn’t even top of mind.