miaJun 17, 2024
a mastodon.social user walks into a bar. the bartender says The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

(hint: click "open original page")
Show threadleah, trout arc  Jun 17, 2024
@mia wait a second
Show threadleah, trout arc  Jun 17, 2024
@mia oh that's so smart
Show threadfayeJun 17, 2024
@mae help i don't get it
Show threadleah, trout arc  Jun 17, 2024
@faye the post's content is generated dynamically based on the instance that's fetching it
Show threadMatt CampbellJun 17, 2024
@mae @faye I thought the original poster had something against toot.cafe (the server I'm on) in particular.
Show threadSamuel ProulxJun 18, 2024
@matt @mae @faye I wonder if this could be prevented somehow? I can easily see folks making posts that look innocent to me, but are actually harassment directed at, say, a black or queer or disabled runn server. Maybe I even boost the post!
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ Gulotta
@fastfinge @faye @mae @matt I’m really curious how this works out, it’s either innocuous or a huge bug.
Jun 19, 2024 at 12:30amWeb
Show threadSamuel ProulxJun 19, 2024
@reconbot @faye @mae @matt I mean, if I can't trust that I'm getting the same post on my server that you're getting on yours, even though it has the same actor and ID and so-on, I'm gonna say huge bug. Because now we're not interacting with the same thing, even though we think we are.
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaJun 19, 2024
@fastfinge @faye @mae @matt at least we can tell when a post gets edited, similar situation 😅
Show threadSamuel ProulxJun 19, 2024
@reconbot @faye @mae @matt Right, and when a post gets edited, we all see the same edit. How long until nazi trolls use this to trick high profile people into boosting their stuff? Maybe something that looks fine to all users of mastodon.social, but is hate-speech on every other instance?
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaJun 19, 2024
@fastfinge @faye @mae @matt I get it, I imagine this cool Little project is gonna start a huge storm of activity to mitigate this issue with the protocol.
Show threadFrancis 🏴‍☠️ GulottaJun 19, 2024
@fastfinge @faye @mae @matt I also wonder how hard it would be to detect us. I’m wondering if this is the first time someone’s discovered it