People are asking me to implement webmentions, and since I don't have a strong opinion on it (it would not be hard to implement), here's another poll: https://www.strawpoll.me/15428538
Webmentions are like blog pingbacks, essentially, if you remember those.
@gargron I'm curious why some people are opposed in the straw poll, since to me it seems like a great way to add interoperability and increase the visibility of Mastodon instances. Is there a GitHub issues where this is being discussed?
@esp @gargron thanks for the reply, I hadn't realized the concern.
To your question, I think an average user who toots publicly about someone's blog post would benefit from notifying them so that there can be a better chance of a conversation with the author, or with other people reading the blog post.
@npd @Gargron tbh 99% of the time if I were to post a link I don't want to "start a conversation" with the author.
Simply not interested. I'd share links because I want my followers to see something or to give my own isolated opinion on something, I don't care for that to become an argument between me and the author if they disagree. I feel like that could be abused too.
I'm a bit too concerned about the privacy for this. I don't want to expose my account to blogs
Maybe that's just me.
