thinking about federation with platforms whose data policies one finds questionable: could there be a kind of „view only“ interaction mode?
that is, I don‘t mind seeing the content but I don‘t want my posts/info going over to that platform…
(much like RSS, basically, but without a need for me to subscribe- content can just show up organically in my TL, for example through boosts or hashtags)
good idea? terrible idea?
@UlrikeHahn it is not a bad idea and I think there are some bot servers that mirror such accounts. It could be scaled that way. I was thinking though that ActivityPub should allow something like ghost follow.
