Comment by seba_dos1

3 years ago

They redirect you if you aren't logged in so you can't use them as an anonymous proxy. If you're logged in on your homeserver, you'll get that server's view of the post.

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mook  3 years ago

Could you expand on why being an anonymous proxy would be an issue in this case? I can't think of anything interesting off the top of my head.

You can't post (because you're not logged in), so there's no issues with moderation. The toot is already federated publically, so there's no issues with unintentional read access. It doesn't need to contact the original server, so there shouldn't be any load/DDoS issues. I must be missing something…

  • mal-2  3 years ago

    I produced those links by finding the post on each server so I was also surprised that they redirect when accessed directly. I mean it showed me the post without being logged in, and then I copied what was in the URL bar. Given how much browsing is available without being logged in I agree this should be fine if it loaded normally.