@mariusor @hongminhee yes, it should be a separate ticket.
I don't like your proposal for multiple reasons:
1) It doesn't include addressing, so the upload server doesn't know how to enforce authorization requests. Is the file for followers? Only addressed accounts? The public?
2) What happens if the client doesn't post the `Create` activity?
I think it's better to keep it all in one transaction together.
@alterelefant @beandev that's a great point! The big thing to know is that tags.pub respects blocks both ways.
If your server blocks another server, the content shared by tags.pub from that server will not appear in your timeline.
And vice versa; stuff you post will not appear in the timeline of users on a server you blocked.
I hope that helps.
@jorge hey, that's great news!
What do you mean by "federated", here?
We have a FAQ for this!
You don't get all the content when you follow a hashtag through Mastodon, especially on small and medium-sized servers.
Please let me know if you have other questions!
@emd 😬🤮
@beandev
The point I was trying to get across is that my key worrie is if this service is able to successfully identify and filter out rogue instances and spam bots? Or will bad actors be able to freely spam massive numbers of subscribers to this service like we see hashtags spam on the centralized social media platforms like the death bird site and blues ky?
@evan
@alterelefant
Maybe you don't get my point.
My original response referred to the FAQ explaining why the service exists. And your question about why one shouldn’t just use hashtag-follow has been asked before—ironically, that’s the very technical reason why the tag service exists in the first place.
That’s all I wanted to say.
You don’t have to use the service if you don’t like it.
@beandev
The thing here is that there is a difference between instances that have never been federated with the instance my account is on and instances that have been defederated by that instance. The end result is however the same. Posts won't be shown and there is probably a reason for not showing posts of unfederated or defederated instances. It keeps out spam bots and rogue instances.
@evan
@alterelefant
That's by design, but not everyone expects it. And sometimes people want information from sources they can't access or aren't familiar with.
@evan