@mngrif Why what happened? I havent heard of anyone defederating from us in quite a while.

@freemo @mngrif your "follow without actually following" feature has caused a wave of cancellation within the mastodoners

@tuxcrafting It's an amazing feature though xD once I get basic issues worked out I want to implement it on here @freemo @mngrif

@Coomer @tuxcrafting @mngrif

Its a common sense feature IMO, its also nothing new as people can also follow you through RSS feeds.

@freemo
Some additional info from a thread discussing this feature. Screencap below.

@Coomer @tuxcrafting @mngrif

from : https://www.librepunk.club/@wgahnagl/103762948806251484

@design_RG

The irony is i didnt even write this feature from scratch. It was adapted from a japanese instance, and was contributed by an official mastodon developer (though didnt make it into the official mastodon instance).

@Coomer @tuxcrafting @mngrif

@freemo
That comment from the liberpunk.club guy is a good explanation of the backlash.

Pretty silly reaction as the posts which could be seen are of course "Public" as set by their original posters.

But reaction will exist. PrincessKitty who I had some interaction with in a previous "Ban them" thread even mentioned the nerve of Qoto people responding in her thread, at that time. 😜

@Coomer @tuxcrafting @mngrif

@freemo @Coomer @tuxcrafting @mngrif

Illustration with thread capture of referred post DK. https://goblin.camp/@pizza/103764110975070089

@design_RG >They didn't like me telling people to block them therefore they're bad.

Did I read that right? @freemo @tuxcrafting @mngrif

@Coomer
DissidentKitty had her "Ban Them" thread going for a few hours when I saw one of the replies fly by in the Federated feed..

Read up all of the posts until then, and responded, and she did not like it. It happened on Christmas Eve morning, if I am not mistaken. Pretty ironic time to post asking for a banishment of a whole internet community.

@freemo @tuxcrafting @mngrif