What does the Remote conversations/profiles setting do, and why should you think twice before enabling it? 🤔

Remote conversations and remote profiles show the toot/profile from the perspective of a well-federated server. This means that, especially on smaller instances, you may be able to see more posts and replies.

WAIT! Don’t enable these settings right away. Hear me out first.

There are a few downsides you should consider:

• The remote server doesn’t know your filters, so they won’t apply.
• In conversations, your own server may federate faster than the remote server. So don’t be surprised if your own replies are missing in conversation view.
• Due to rate limiting, you might not see interactions you had with posts (Bookmarks, Favorites).

My recommendation is to keep these settings disabled and only load remote profiles or conversations when needed.

But how?

It’s easy. For remote profiles, just tap the magnifying glass on the profile page.

For remote conversations, tap the globe icon at the top of the screen.

This won’t work for every conversation. It depends on the software used by the server where the conversation originated.

You can also open the conversation in browser (three dots --> Share --> Open in browser) to see all replies (if the server allows it and the reply isn’t private or followers-only).

If the globe icon is available and you tap it, you can interact with all replies (except from users who blocked you, I assume), since Fedilab handles the federation process in the background.

I hope this helps explain what these settings do and how to use them to your advantage.

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