OK so... I have to request the timeline using the client API, which only gives me opaque IDs for each profile. Then I need to look up the profile using the client API, to get the actual Activitypub ID, stored in the "uri" property. Then I need to use the server API to get the profile, according to that APID. There's no server API for getting instance timelines, and there's no client API for getting a profile's inbox/following/etc timeline URIs. Basically I have to go through the nonstandard "gargron special surprise" protocol in order to do anything with ActivityPub and instance timelines. Am I understanding that right?

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