Sandro Hawke
#mastodon Is it normal that I click on a post, it opens in the rightmost column, but no replies show up. If I click on the date and open the post on its home site, there are replies (or more replies). So, is this a problem with my installation or with mastodon in general, or is this on purpose somehow? For example, https://anticapitalist.party/user/ghost/updates/49226 Maybe this is the bug https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/905
Jun 24, 2017 at 1:15amWeb
Show threadStitch 🙃Jun 24, 2017
@sandro I never had that problem, however are the replies also from a Mastodon instance?
I know GS and Mastodon still have some issues keeping a conversation_id in place to allow the servers to determine how to display a conversation.
Show threadsungoJun 24, 2017
@stitchxd @sandro Mastodon, like the Qvitter pA plugin, uses the in_reply_to field, not conversation_id. So threads break all over the place.
Show threadStitch 🙃Jun 24, 2017
@sungo @sandro Qvitter might not use conversation_id, but the backend (GS) still processes a convo_id when needed doesn't it?
Show threadsungoJun 24, 2017
@stitchxd @sandro Yes, the database possesses that field and the classic UI uses it. I'm pretty sure Mastodon's database has the field too. I think it's unlikely that Mastodon throws away protocol data elements like that.
Show threadStitch 🙃Jun 24, 2017
@sungo @sandro I wouldn't really know for sure, I just know that this was a topic of conversation a few months back.
Show threadsungoJun 24, 2017
@stitchxd @sandro the reply_to field is particularly prone to breakage because you may not have the referenced post because federation didn't send it to you. You can see this happen with pA on small instances (like mine) where the reply_to field is empty because I don't follow all the people involved.
Show threadStitch 🙃Jun 24, 2017
@sungo @sandro Yea - It still needs work for sure.
Show threadMaiyannah BishopJun 24, 2017
@sungo @stitchxd @sandro I'd fucking hope Mastodon has conversation ID, I had to bitch at Eugen for a literal year to get him to add it.
Show threadmalokiJun 24, 2017
@sandro @stitchxd @sungo @maiyannah conversations broke for one of the 1.4.x releases. But was subsequently fixed.