This is rather tangentially related, and may be an unpopular opinion, but I think it is silly that drawings of fictional characters who appear to be under the age of 18, nude or engaged in sexual activity, is posing such a legal issue. It's very strange and in my opinion ridiculous that such material is illegal.
Though I can understand the wider application to materials not allowed to be possessed, there isn't much that a single instance owner can do other than to shut out the whole federation aspect of Mastodon, which would be a great loss and simply centralise things again.
If the metadata could somehow be moved from the server to the client, or the client chooses to whom to subscribe and post to, wouldn't that be better? Why is it done on the server side?
Edit: it would be nice if people could please explain downvotes, so I know how to better improve the posts I write. Downvoting itself is not helpful to this understanding.
Though I can understand the wider application to materials not allowed to be possessed, there isn't much that a single instance owner can do other than to shut out the whole federation aspect of Mastodon, which would be a great loss and simply centralise things again.
If the metadata could somehow be moved from the server to the client, or the client chooses to whom to subscribe and post to, wouldn't that be better? Why is it done on the server side?
Edit: it would be nice if people could please explain downvotes, so I know how to better improve the posts I write. Downvoting itself is not helpful to this understanding.