Back in 2022, I wrote this rather grumpy post on Mastodon, the federated social media platform. @[email protected] EdenMastodon enforces a "noreferrer" on all external links.I have mixed feelings about that.As a blogger, I want to see *where* visitors are coming from. I also like to see (and sometimes join in) with the conversations they're having.But, I get that people want privacy and don't want to "leak" where they're visiting from.Is it such a bad thing to tell a website "I was…
  • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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    12 days ago

    According to ths post it will be opt-in, on the instance side.

    So smaller instances where there-might be risks associated will be opted out by default, while large instances that might want the attention and where individual users stand out less can opt in.