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Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by philipwhiuk on Sunday March 18, 2018 @06:32PM (#16614869)
Would Twitter be allowed to federate if it implement the Mastodon protocol.

Think carefully.

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Re:Hackers Are So Fed Up with Twitter Bots They’re Hunting T... by jnbiche on Sunday March 18, 2018 @07:25PM (#16615130)
Yes, of course. However, if I'm not mistaken, each Mastodon server instance creates their own policies regarding what other servers can tweet to their users. So it would be trivial for any Mastodon server to "ban" Twitter users from posting in their instance.
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