JessicaApr 3, 2017
so are people on awoo.space talking about not just federating to mastodon.social yet or what? we need fewer things that discourage federation
Show threadMistyApr 3, 2017
@ticky Federation with other instances is planned, it's just whitelist-basd instead of blacklist-based.
Show threadJessicaApr 3, 2017
@dog hmm, okay…
Show threadMistyApr 3, 2017
@ticky And to be honest, after having seen enough jerks on other instances in the rest of the fediverse, federating solely to mastodon.social is attractive to me! I know that's maybe not a good thing in the long haul but I genuinely see it as a feature and not a bug. I like Mastodon when it's less stressful than Twitter, and an intentional and cautious approach to federation is one of the things that makes it that way.
Show threadJessicaApr 3, 2017
@dog I 100% get that, it just feels awkward that what is presumably the #2 most popular instance would outright block me if I made my own for just me?
Show threadMistyApr 3, 2017
@ticky It wouldn't block you, to my understanding of how federation works; your awoos would be delivered to anyone who follows you, and you would receive mentions from anyone who follows you.
Show threadninjaweddingApr 3, 2017
@dog @ticky @vahnj has additional policies about whitelisting instances; one of those policies concerns that instance's federation policy. (My understanding is that this is why my sdfn-01 instance isn't whitelisted on awoo.space; it federates with everything.) He can fill you in on the details
Show threadCrom, Kobold King

@ninjawedding @ticky @dog The basic issue lies in how boosts work: boosts are copied and reposted on the remote server, which means anybody they federate with can suddenly see posts, since domain blocks are not propagated with the boosted post.

This creates a problem where one would expect an instance to not be able to see or interact with posts and suddenly can. Interactions won't show up in the author's notifications, however.

Apr 3, 2017 at 7:13amWeb
Show threadCrom, Kobold KingApr 3, 2017
@ninjawedding @ticky @dog The general policy right now is: let me know if you want to federate with us, and I'll walk you through the criteria more privately, because there are some places we don't want to indirectly federate with. I know it's a little nitpicky but I'd rather develop a working relationship with folks on this basis instead of blatantly trust people won't abuse a platform that federates with us.
Show threadCrom, Kobold KingApr 3, 2017
@ninjawedding @ticky @dog I'm sorry if things are kind of confusing as far as how our policies work. It's intentionally this way to try to avoid attention from the people I don't really want to deal with as far as awoo.space goes.
Show threadninjaweddingApr 3, 2017
@vahnj oh, no problem by me -- I think the policies make sense