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That's how it works without the BGS. You don't have to use it. Follow whoever you want, see their posts. Done.
by tedunangst 4y ago
That's how it works without the BGS. You don't have to use it. Follow whoever you want, see their posts. Done.
- verdverm 4y agoCan you also prevent the BGS from scraping your server? What if I don't want to pay the networking bill they would cause? How is the BGS going to pay for sending out the firehose to all the listeners? It's still unclear to me how the federated economics will work out
- capableweb 4y agoSure, why not? Block things based on the user-agent, ala robots.txt
- deadly_syn 4y agoRobots.txt isnt a blocklist; more of polite suggestions you have to hope are respected.