@Gargron Hey man, what would you say to making the public timeline GET API call authorisation-free (GET /api/v1/timelines/public)

Use case: The Twitter public timeline was/is used in sample apps as it’s easy to get the public timeline with an unauthorised GET. I was using the App.net API which had the same thing for samples on Set (https://ind.ie/labs/set/). Would love to port those to show the Mastodon.social public timeline instead but don't want to embed credentials in open source app.

@aral @Gargron I think that this would also really help with some of the social aspects of mastodon since different instances do have different cultures. Seeing this without having to sign up would be very nice.