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1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 13:54:37 EST kaniini

   oh lordie, instance admins are discovering that other instances can implement full-text search *anyway*

   this is going to be hilarious

   1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 14:01:43 EST kaniini

      in reply to

      for the millionth time, messages that are copied to other instances (so-called "federation") have their own copies of those messages, and most importantly, can do whatever they want with them.

      this means they can do:

      - full-text search

      - rewriting your posts to say "HERP DERP"

      - replacing your video/audio links with fart sounds

      - replacing your images with make ________ great again memes

      if you do not understand this, the federated web (Mastodon, et al) is not for you.

      1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 14:03:22 EST kaniini

         in reply to

         this also means that they can do all of these things without *you* ever knowing.

         1. kaniini (kaniini@mastodon.dereferenced.org)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Nov-2017 14:05:58 EST kaniini

            in reply to

            an instance admin MAY block another server for implementing full-text search, for example.

            but how will you find them all?

            is an instance admin REALLY willing to bubble their instance over that threat?