Friendica used to be able to poke people from other networks. That might be a regression.
As I recall in both Friendica and Hubzilla, the verb is arbitrary. You can poke, prod, hug, kiss, reprimand, praise, suck, finger, bonk, or any other activity you can imagine. The list of verbs is extensible and addons exist which include lots of X-rated terms beyond the standard choices. I have personally used it to "ping" people that I hadn't heard from in a while or "hug" somebody close that is going through hard times.
Boop is completely within reason. Sure, you can abuse it - but you can abuse anything and in a decentralised network nobody can stop you. This is why projects exist that let y
Friendica used to be able to poke people from other networks. That might be a regression.
As I recall in both Friendica and Hubzilla, the verb is arbitrary. You can poke, prod, hug, kiss, reprimand, praise, suck, finger, bonk, or any other activity you can imagine. The list of verbs is extensible and addons exist which include lots of X-rated terms beyond the standard choices. I have personally used it to "ping" people that I hadn't heard from in a while or "hug" somebody close that is going through hard times.
Boop is completely within reason. Sure, you can abuse it - but you can abuse anything and in a decentralised network nobody can stop you. This is why projects exist that let you be a bit more choosy about who you interact with. A lot of people are of the opinion that just because they don't personally use or see a need for a feature or utility that it shouldn't exist for anybody. I disagree. Your software should allow you to do anything you bloody want. If it doesn't, you should either fix it or delete that sucker and find something less controlling.
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Friendica used to be able to poke people from other networks. That might be a regression.
As I recall in both Friendica and Hubzilla, the verb is arbitrary. You can poke, prod, hug, kiss, reprimand, praise, suck, finger, bonk, or any other activity you can imagine. The list of verbs is extensible and addons exist which include lots of X-rated terms beyond the standard choices. I have personally used it to "ping" people that I hadn't heard from in a while or "hug" somebody close that is going through hard times.
Boop is completely within reason. Sure, you can abuse it - but you can abuse anything and in a decentralised network nobody can stop you. This is why projects exist that let y
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Friendica used to be able to poke people from other networks. That might be a regression.
As I recall in both Friendica and Hubzilla, the verb is arbitrary. You can poke, prod, hug, kiss, reprimand, praise, suck, finger, bonk, or any other activity you can imagine. The list of verbs is extensible and addons exist which include lots of X-rated terms beyond the standard choices. I have personally used it to "ping" people that I hadn't heard from in a while or "hug" somebody close that is going through hard times.
Boop is completely within reason. Sure, you can abuse it - but you can abuse anything and in a decentralised network nobody can stop you. This is why projects exist that let you be a bit more choosy about who you interact with. A lot of people are of the opinion that just because they don't personally use or see a need for a feature or utility that it shouldn't exist for anybody. I disagree. Your software should allow you to do anything you bloody want. If it doesn't, you should either fix it or delete that sucker and find something less controlling.
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