Beyond that, even if you think being literal is pedantic: It is practically incorrect
There is no way to guarantee even what we have for any set of systems. To the degree this is true, which it isn't, it is not a characteristic of the fediverse and it is not even a characteristic you can know is being applied in the vast majority of cases.
The latter two points about splitting your timeline and muting just reposts is closer to correct, but is not actually anywhere in the protocol as written. #ActivityPubdoes not include these features. They are useful, but they simply do not exist in AP, and to a greater or lesser extent they have either not been formalized or only barely formalized with a #FEP
This is something we can correct and probably should correct, but we also need to stop telling people it is true of the "fediverse."
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