Stefan Bohacek
Can someone who knows more about how Mastodon/the fediverse works help me understand something?
I've seen this happen with a few accounts now where I'd be trying to search for a post by its URL and it would not show up on some servers, but it would on others. I'd think these accounts might've been suspended, but the accounts themselves are found, and so are some of their older posts. I'd expect a suspended account not to show up at all, but maybe this is how it works?
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan nah, a suspended account definitely shouldn't show at all...
Make sure the account still exists on the OG instance. Sometimes when an account is deleted, the deletion job won't get done right away on other instances.
However, I don't know what else could be happening. It's a weird thing, for sure.
Stefan Bohacek
@BeAware Yep, the account exists on the original server, the particular post I'm trying to boost is from yesterday.
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan with this specific example, it's even weirder...try searching for that link on that instance...it also doesn't show up...😳
Stefan Bohacek
This is one example: https://toot.cat/@idlestate/112781369431407211
194 boosts, none from mastodon.social.
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan it might have something to do with that specific post being set to "unlisted"?🤷♂️
Stefan Bohacek
@BeAware Okay, that is weird. Good catch!
Stefan Bohacek
Oh, okay, I should've checked this, the post itself is "quiet public". Maybe the post privacy was changed after it was posted, that's how people on some servers were able to boost it?
Or do different servers handle "quiet public" posts differently?
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan maybe a combination of that + their discovery settings?🤔
Stefan Bohacek
@BeAware Yep, I just noticed this.
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112784834976271563
Still confused about how this works, but at least there are some hints.
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan it's a glitch-soc instance, so maybe they have settings that we don't, which is usually the case with glitch-soc.🤷♂️
Stefan Bohacek
Did a little test, and realized that you can't change post privacy after you post it?
Also, I was able to search for a post I set to "quiet public" on the instance that was not seeing the other post I was curious about.
Maybe this particular server just works differently. Very interesting.
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan I was able to boost the post, because someone else I follow boosted it. Maybe you can find it on my profile to boost?🤔
Stefan Bohacek
@BeAware Yeah, this makes the most sense.
BeAware :fediverse:
@stefan 😂they don't like .social...🤷♂️
Stefan Bohacek
@BeAware When I look at your profile with an account on mastodon.social, I don't see the post.
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