@sun @dcc @phnt the big word here is supports, the network doesn't do any batching at large, but it could

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/services/activitypub/process_collection_service.rb

we could be syncing hundred of posts a time from a shared outbox with a cursor abstraction, but instead it's hope the other party knows they're on a federated network and honors your follow request and also never messes up anything