@i @benis_redux @graf @kirby @sun

> how is your instance metadata search engine, that indexes /api/'s meant for clients, not fit for robots.txt exactly?

"halp whois ignores robots.txt"

Read RFC 9309. I am not indexing web pages. FediList is not a search engine. It does include search but I don't think most people use it. The implication seems to be that if I take out the search box, it's fine to ignore robots.txt.

Consider whether anything you have to say about this leads to an absurd conclusion.

> but what other option do they have

You could read the thing or you could read one paragraph of the thing and then ask me questions answered in other paragraphs of the thing.

> you not caring is fair, but them not caring is fair too

I was responding to them. I don't think they have to care. They are incorrect about why it exists and what it is supposed to do, so for the most part I have laid out my rationale. The rationale was laid out with the hope that this would assuage their fears that I plan to do fediverse Holocaust and that communication could make things work out better. I can't tag them on fedi: they all block FSE. So here's a blog post and they can look at the blog post. They don't have to change their minds and I don't plan to fight human nature, but I have provided information about why I do what I do.