Post AaRwZ2zD0TYnudty0O by graywolf@emacs.ch
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(DIR) Post #AaRwZ2Bvxg93RoqcCW by graywolf@emacs.ch
2023-10-05T00:00:20Z
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I have to admit I am somewhat confused my #mastodon 's model. If I follow someone, and they boost some post from an instance that is blocked by this instance, I just see nothing. I would have expected some "post blocked by site admin" message or something instead of the post in the timeline. Seems like only option to not miss (not see, but know the posts/boosts even exist) is to register on their instance? Because it seems that following here (I can, their account is accessible), does not fulfill that goal. Am I missing anything?
(DIR) Post #AaRwZ2zD0TYnudty0O by graywolf@emacs.ch
2023-10-05T00:03:53Z
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Hm, are there any #mastodon clients (in browser ideally) that would allow me to side step this whole issue and for passive consumption just "follow" people directly based on their public page regardless of instance blocks (since it would not be using any instance)?
(DIR) Post #AaRwZ3cCfUkhra96mm by louis@emacs.ch
2023-10-05T00:19:23Z
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@graywolf Some clients support to follow the timeline of another instance/user as "read-only" when their local timeline is public. One web client is:https://phanpy.socialYou log in to your "home" instance, go to the Local Timeline and then select "Go to another instance".If you just want to follow a single user, there is always the option to add their feed to your RSS client:Just add .rss to the URL:https://emacs.ch/@louis.rss
(DIR) Post #AaS9DXLxHdbzBXTLH6 by louis@emacs.ch
2023-10-05T00:09:25Z
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@graywolf If instance A "suspends" instance B, the effect is always mutual. Users on both instances will not be able to see their content or follow each other.If they just "limit" instance B, users on both instances can still follow each other. Only then users will see content from followers.This is how Mastodon works.