Kinda strange when people complain about something that's easily explainable and understandable...😳
How can an instance count followers and following from instances it doesn't know about or instances they block? They can't...soooo.....stop complaining? Cause I don't see how it could be done reasonably.
It's like you not knowing every single person in the world. It's not feasible, so stop worrying about it so much....
RE: https://sakurajima.social/notes/9v7up800mf
#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon
Mika (@irfan)
Bruh I need this _feature_ to be on other #Fediverse services as well but considering how even _basic_ Followers/Following numbers/info aren't ever accurate and shows a **significantly** different number based on where you're viewing it from (i.e.Sakurajima Social (桜島SNS)
marius
in reply to BeAware :veriweed: • • •I think you misunderstand the problem. The ActivityPub specification encourages implementations to expose a followers/following collections on actors. Those collections have a TotalItems property in them which should allow anyone to see the count.
Here's an example.
BeAware :veriweed:
in reply to marius • • •@mariusor But that list will only propagate with accounts that the instance knows about.
If they aren't federated to begin with, or are blocked, they won't be counted.
marius
in reply to BeAware :veriweed: • • •federating between instances should have nothing to do with it.
Dan is presenting a feature where a user views another profile and then they can see mutuals. This can be done if Mastodon would load *all* the information (including follower list) about the profile when you view it from your own instance, instead of relying only on data that has been previously federated.
It's a *trivial* feature that Mastodon is lacking, and I feel like that's what the toot you quoted complains about.
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