JenniferplusplusHttp needs a status code for grudging acceptance. We have 202 Accepted. We need 222 Tolerated.
For when the client is doing it wrong, but you've decided to be the bigger person and deal with it anyway.
Actually, what I *really* want is a 3xx with a body.
322 Translated
Here's how you should have written that request, now go back to your seat and do it over
I'm doing activitypub things, and contemplating such quirks as the fact that there is no limit to the kind or depth of activities that can be the object of an undo activity.
In case you're wondering what prompted this.
Kind of ridiculous that this is now one of my top ten fedi posts, by the numbers
oh, a couple of points:
1. 429 is the status code that means things like "I'm ignoring you" or "stop doing that"
A "tolerated" response code could feed into a fail2ban-like system that escalates to 429s.
2. I don't know why so many people think this is a joke?. It's barely even shitposty. And it's a real desire. I do genuinely want these things.
Gina B Fla@jenniferplusplus
But why accomodate for people that don't know what they're doing?
But why accomodate for people that don't know what they're doing?
just adrienne@Ginafla @jenniferplusplus because status codes are the primary mechanism for a server to pass messages to the client? "This isn't great, you should rethink it" is potentially very useful information to pass back to a client!