Nothing about this requires world-readable data, privacy can be its own layer. FriendFeed[1] did this well back in the day: it aggregated your feeds and let you control who saw each one.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FriendFeed

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verdverm 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I agree, that's just not where ATProtocol is (currently only available in world/anonymous-read mode). Personally, I find the permission proposal rather lacking (ACL vs the advancements / learning since) and user requested features will require building auth enhancements at the app level, thereby creating a form of centralization.

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wslh 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> thereby creating a form of centralization.

Fair point on app-level auth, still far less centralized than the status quo, where the data, the permissions, and every function on top all belong to one company.

	▲	verdverm 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		better, but works against one of the core ethos in AT