Posts by seperis@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #APQHb8zthPjmLwoqsi by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T08:47:31Z
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#mastodon #api anyone who works on or knows the mastodon API please correct me if I'm reading this wrong.Here:https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/timelines/Assuming that I'm right about this being the call that creates the Federated feed, an instance just pulls every status (user post) in every instance en toto as default.So is a list of existing instances somewhere else in the backend that's update regularly? I don't even see an API option to call a single instance at all.Please correct me; I love to learn.
(DIR) Post #APQHb9nWitR6ps2UEq by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T09:02:15Z
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#mastodon #api wait, is the Federated timeline literally only made up of people who people in my instance are following? So no list anywhere of instances to reference to grab for statuses?Okay, that explains some things. So the smaller the instance, the more limited the Federated timeline.
(DIR) Post #APQHjEjyELHETvEDke by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T09:23:10Z
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@tychosoft @tswsl So hosting your own instance is pretty pointless unless you're planning on building a community because local and federated are going to be identical, as 'local' is your instance and your followers, and so is federated.And there's no way a user can see the local feed of another instance.Okay, that really explains why the API is almost entirely status calls aka people.
(DIR) Post #APQJ7D20KuhA5Kesqm by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T09:37:19Z
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@admin @tswsl @tychosoft I'm not seeing any option to see the local public feed of any instance not my own. The API methods are based around statuses (aka users). If my understanding of the architecture here is right--and i do not pretend I am good at this--each instance is only storing individual user information, one field being the instance. The only reference to individual instances is the array that lists those to be blocked.
(DIR) Post #APQNESYRQ4a04aXjyC by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T10:08:16Z
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@admin @tswsl @tychosoft Until someone hopefully corrects me on how I'm interpreting the structure, yeah. As far as public statuses are concerned, this is less 'me' following an individual and more the instance itself following an individual that I recommended. Members of a server are basically individual instances of the server.Which also explains why DMs aren't private; the server is effectively the one sending it via my fingers.
(DIR) Post #APQNR8qhzkDeir8QZE by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-09T09:56:32Z
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@admin @tswsl @tychosoft Mastodon's entire design is based on a series of individual closed communities. As far as public posts go, any individual I follow, on another instance all of the members of my instance are de facto following that person as well via the Federated Timeline. Any individual who follows me is is basically also acting as representative of their instance so everyone on that server is de facto following (in Federated).This is just the opposite of social media in general.
(DIR) Post #APd76cq4LWaOxgyliy by seperis@fosstodon.org
2022-11-15T06:48:18Z
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@ryan @nick @kino@fedi.intkos.link @denebeim I'm fine with blocks but i wish there was a way for the user to see for themselves which servers were blocked/blocked-light on any given server.
(DIR) Post #AXH6KtENKYiCMkhz5E by seperis@fosstodon.org
2023-07-02T05:31:03Z
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I am seriously considering making a #lemmy comm for NoDumbLinuxQuestions for all those dumb basic questions that everyone makes fun of and frankly, I would like answered already. I do not even pretend I am close to a medium on #Linux but that is a plus: I can get my dumb questions answered too.Sometimes I think my trauma trying to learn #Ubuntu Server in Linux forums a decade ago has permanently scarred me. Also made me hate Socrates like a lot and I used to think he was pretty cool.