Mastodon since 4.2 version supports allows its users to opt into appearing into search results. Just respect this flag with Mastodon users, and you will be fine, IMHO
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lautan@lemmy.ca 11 months agoWell that’s why I’m asking for input. And I won’t launch this on every instance without letting them know. Baby steps.
Kierunkowy74@kbin.social 11 months ago
gabe@literature.cafe 11 months ago
My matrix is open if you want are actually interested in doing this in a way that won’t make the rest of the fediverse flip shit. I support this tools creation especially for lemmy, but if it isn’t done the right way it’ll be received poorly. Making it behave differently on lemmy compared to other software as well might be an idea too.