In-reply-to » @bender I'm not a yarnd user, but automatically unfollowing on 404 doesn't seem right. Besides @lyse's example, I could imagine just accidentally renaming my own twtxt file, or forgetting to push it when I point my DNS to a new web server. I'd rather not lose all my yarnd followers in a situation like that (and hopefully they feel the same).

@falsifian@www.falsifian.org thatโ€™s the thing: Twtxt doesnโ€™t care much about followers. It is not that kind of social media. Yet, I agree with the exponential back off approach. I just donโ€™t want to keep constantly trying to fetch that which will not resurrect, nor want people to continue hitting my endpoint, which will not resurrect. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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