Mastodon can accept statuses that it can't generate.
For example, Mastodon won't let you create a status that has a poll and an image. But if other software sends it a status with those two it will return it to clients.
Nik /
npub1mu…j4dyr
2024-08-21 17:27:14
in reply to nevent1q…zq54
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2024-08-21 17:27:14Event JSON
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