deliberately misleading error message.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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How do I know whether my instance has these filters applied or not? And if rimu is putting "deliberately misleading error messages", how can I be sure of anything?
Yeah, as a developer if you ever catch yourself thinking "my software should lie to the user", probably take a step back and reconsider.
I'm on your instance. I never encountered any of the filters mentioned in this thread.
You can always the details on !home@piefed.zip to be sure, the admins are quite reactive.
I was hoping to see a page with the list of instance rules. Mastodon and PixelFed seem to have one.
It's "deliberate"?