Simon WillisonDec 22, 2022

My least favourite sharp edge of Mastodon is the fact that when you view someone else's post you only see replies to it that are known to your server - so there's actually a good chance there will be replies that are completely invisible to you, especially if you run your own instance

I'd love it if tapping a post kicked off a request back to the original server that fetched the current reply count and provided a "view all replies" button if there were replies not yet visible to me

Show threadSimon WillisonDec 22, 2022

My hunch here is that very few people see even aware of this Mastodon feature

So, a poll: prior to reading this thread, did you know that Mastodon by default will only show you public replies to a post if those replies have already been fetched into your server somehow?

(This only affects you when you view a post that originated on a server other than your home server - if the original post author is on the same server as you then you'll see all of the replies)

Yes I knew about that
24%
No, I didn't know about that
70%
I don't understand the question
6%
Poll ended at .
Show thread🅺🅸🅼 🆂🅲🅷🆄🅻🆉:~$ ▓Dec 22, 2022
@simon
Fedilab app does a pretty good job fetching them for you
Show threadEdzillaDec 22, 2022
@simon @kimschulz I don't think that's actually true, I'm on a single user instance and with fedilab I don't see any replies to this thread
Show threaddjohngoDec 23, 2022
@edzilla @simon @kimschulz I don't think they've actually implemented it yet. They just did the poll for the feature a couple of weeks ago.
Show threadIlaDec 23, 2022
@djohngo
@edzilla @simon @kimschulz
It's implemented, but not automatic : you have to tap the icon (circled in yellow in my screenshot) to switch to remote view. As I understand it, it uses the public (non authenticated) API to fetch the thread directly from the server on which it originated. @apps
Show threadML2
@ila42f Thanks for this! I didn't know this was a feature! @djohngo @edzilla @simon @kimschulz @apps
Dec 23, 2022 at 3:31amWeb