@boyter I realised this was all public (including DMs) in 2017, but still don't like seeing the protocol being abused just because it is possible to do so. In that, I agree with what @ceoln said in that thread.

Think of the Fediverse like any other human society. In society there are rules, but that doesn't mean people can't break them. The question is, if rules can be broken, why do most people abide by them? Because we all implicitly know that following the rules (most of them, at least) makes sense. There's no incentive for us to break them, but following them helps us live more carefreely.

That's why my follows are still open to this day. Not because I don't care about my posts being published somewhere else (I do and I don't like it), but because the possibility of that happening was negligible.

I think you're deflecting the issue. We all knew this was all public. We didn't need you to open our eyes to that fact. We need you to take the next step and come up with an idea that makes us safer instead.

Also as I keep pointing out, society rules change, and when you get 10 million more people joining their rules are going to be the ones that matter, because they will outnumber everyone else.

If that is problematic (and it seems like it might be) then you need to start taking real steps to protect yourself, and others.

I am also thinking that there should be the ability to have some sort of PoW HashCash system, based on reputation to discourage a lot of things. Just an idea stage at this point but something I would like to implement.