tom (available elsewhere)Apr 9, 2017

techbros: the beauty of FOSS is that people have complete control over everything! it's real freedom!

also techbros: hey if you block my followbot you don't know anything about federation and you're ruining everything for everyone actually

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@tom why do people run followbots?
Apr 9, 2017 at 6:26pmWeb
Show threadtom (available elsewhere)Apr 9, 2017
@5kB1Bvi9gX33Ae because they want other instances to show up in their federated timelines
Show thread5kB1Bvi9gX33AeApr 9, 2017
@tom makes sense, but unfortunate. thanks for explaining :blush:
Show threadtom (available elsewhere)Apr 9, 2017
@5kB1Bvi9gX33Ae no problem! It does make sense but I feel like it's better for the network to grow organically