Hey Mastodon admins 👋

The "Authorized Fetch" (aka "Secure Mode") option makes your instance blocks more effective and better protects your users.

It has previously had a reputation for being incompatible with non-Masto servers and older Masto servers. However, I'm not sure it deserves that reputation any more?

I switched on Authorized Fetch last year and asked for feedback via a different instance. Only one person had problems, and their instance was on homebrew software.

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