Elad has programmed a holiday gift for DU -- (limited) Mastodon embedding is now available

[EarlG]

38. Even if embedding does turn out to be a problem

we will still always allow linking to any post anywhere in the Mastodon system — this mini-project actually got started because links to toots were breaking on DU because of a technical problem, and that’s now been fixed so those links work properly. That piece isn’t going to change.

And as always, once content from elsewhere has been linked on DU, it’s up to DUers serving on Juries to determine if the content meets our standards.

None of that is really an issue — as far as a Jury is concerned, most of the time it it won’t matter what server a toot is posted on, what will matter is the content of the individual toot. The source of the toot might provide additional context for jurors, or it might not — that’s absolutely no different than the way it works for all other websites that get linked on DU.

The only part I’m concerned about is the direct embedding part. But even if I ultimately decide that direct embedding isn’t going to work out, linking to toots will never be blocked on DU.