mima

So it has begun, huh...

This is in response to this unwarranted #fediblock post by a user in that Mastodon instance: https://infosec.exchange/@vyr/111188763271758534/

Their reason being is that I am hosting a follow bot, and that I am interacting with people from the “big bad” instances.

It is true that I am using a follow bot which I named VIVIT. And to be honest I really don't like this idea at all; in an age where relays exist this shouldn't be a thing anymore. But unfortunately GoToSocial does not support relays (and I even tried to workaround this by following group accounts from a.gup.pe and chirp.social, but apparently their software doesn't federate well with GTS, with guppe being confirmed due to an outdated library they're using) and the only realistic way for a GTS instance like Kishinjou to federate with more servers is to follow people. I've limited my mass following to admins of instances compiled from lists of instances federated to makai.chaotic.ninja (4000+) and tilde.zone (30000+, incomplete), and later the vast majority of my bot's follows are to relay.fedi.buzz's by-instance users (which prompted the FediBuzz operator to cut down on the follows, I am working on that). All of this is public information; I've not gone out of my way to make it follow all users of an instance (even if it's public, and there's a way more elegant way anyway which is the fedibuzz solution as mentioned earlier). So I am not sure why this is a big deal to this user. If there's a way better solution that you think is less annoying and will work within GTS' limits, please let me know.

As for the interactions with the “bad” instances, it's none of your business. I will interact with anyone as I please, and I will personally block anyone who I think are annoying me. That's just how the internet works. Btw it's quite interesting that their example linked to a Makai thread where I have given pretty clear hints to that nyanide user that I am not getting into that “climate justice bad” bullshit. And not a single piece of evidence where I am saying some nasty stuff, of course. Purely guilt by association.

Anyway I've put infosec in hesitations for now as it seems the admin hasn't defederated from us (thankfully). This could change however, depending on what the admin does. And I sincerely hope we do not have to put them into our censures and could just drop them from our hesitations list. If they want to talk to me, my Kishinjou and Makai are open to DMs.