Jesus, what's with all the followbots? Do I have to block these here too? I like clean numbers. Actual humans.
@annatarkov Many Followbots populate Federated timelines at remote instances. They're a utility service. You can block if you choose.
@dredmorbius I see that in some of their bios. I guess I'll keep those.
@dredmorbius @annatarkov I have mixed emotions regarding it, but I just block them, because as soon as I want to want something in private it would go to those bots.
@annatarkov @dredmorbius yes, but I don't mean private as "I think I'm fully protected" I mean private as in "only my followers", however since this doesn't translate outside of Mastodon network, that doesn't really work either.
@maloki @annatarkov Yes. @micahflee has a couple of very good toots on the whole privacy aspect here. TL;DR: most relies /heavily/ on trust. Better to assume none. Though you raise some interesting questions, especially about the difference between "who I choose to send to" vs. "who chooses to receive from me" which Mastodon doesn't facilitate.
@maloki @annatarkov I'd argue that Mastodon isn't the place for private convos.