aunt loud ✅ [super sic]
whats the point of follow bots even, i dont get it (still block em tho)
Apr 7, 2017 at 5:12pmWeb
Show threadslipstream/RoL‮⚡‭Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut trying to grow another instance's federated timeline
Show threadaunt loud ✅ [super sic]Apr 7, 2017
@slipstream ooooh of course. so does blocking = a reverse unfollow like at hellbird?
Show threadslipstream/RoL‮⚡‭Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut I think so, and it means they won't be able to follow the accounts of anyone you boost (through you, at least).
Show threadJamie The D (TMWReviews)Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut The claim is that they help instances federate, but nobody who made them stopped to think "hey, maybe this might feel invasive as shit, and might have problems when it interacts with other aspects of Mastodon type code, and might... Not be the good idea I thought it was?"
Show threadsmol Florian 🍑Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut presumably to pad out the federated timeline on small/private instances
Show threadCrom, Kobold KingApr 7, 2017

@Ludonaut federation of user posts isn't automatic so follow bots try to populate the public timeline by following

it's got good intentions, but the path to hell bla bla bla

Show threadRob Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut no point at all
Show threadDerek I. Batting 💬🍵Apr 7, 2017
@Ludonaut The more bots that follow you, the more instances your toots will show up on. It's all part of the federation propagation. (That sounds sillier than it actually is.)