Evan ProdromouShould users on a server be able to opt out of having their content shared by the server to a relay?
Yes
Yes, but...
No, but...
No
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Hi, all. I think for most services that admins configure, there should be a way for users to opt out or customize. I think relays are a good example; some people only want their content visible to people on the same server or people who follow them or random other people on the same server as people who follow them. (This is the Mastodon default.) They don't want their content relayed for whatever reason. They should have some control over that. So I say yes.
Most relays don't do this today, by the way.
Roche@evan I agree that users should have this choice and be able to opt out of a relay. I can also imagine scenarios I might want to opt out of one relay but be fine with another relay. But should a special control be built for relays, that are just one type of ActivityPub server? Or should creators just have controls that can applied to restrict their content from any ActivityPub server?
@rochebit One way to do this is to use user domain blocks. If I block the domain relay.example, my server shouldn't send my content to relay.example. Or, the user could have a settings page that shows all the relays used by the server, and they can turn sharing to those relays on or off.