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by purjolok 1078 days ago
> However, that means interactions, such as user likes, blocks, follows, etc are all public.

Au contraire, if network users control their clients, they can "block"¹ and "follow" content at-the client level without stating it publicly.

¹. Not a full block, as the blockee can still read and interact with the blocker's posts.