I don't believe this is a derail.
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I don't believe this is a derail.
Your original comment says:
The biggest problem I see is that current wording make it sound like any server not understanding the FEP is automatically malicious. But if it’s optional, it’s not malicious to not have it.
I am agreeing with that point, and taking it a step further.
A server may implement the FEP, but a client of that server may not support creating quote posts.
So to your quoted comment above I would add the following: "It's also not malicious for a server to support it, but not use it for outgoing posts.".
In other words, if you observe a post from a server that you know supports the FEP, and the post links to someone else's post instead of quoting it, you cannot infer anything about whether or not the server is malicious.
