Andreⓐ
Follow bots apparently run by instance admins: why don't you just patch the code to pull everything from other instances without the follow?
Apr 9, 2017 at 6:14pmWeb
Show threadgled => MovedApr 9, 2017
@puellavulnerata was thinking about that... just lazy to do some Ruby actually, it was faster hacking some stuff in python, and I'd rather implement first user choice of being 'federated' and after the gathering part...
Show threadgled => MovedApr 9, 2017
@puellavulnerata but I did not thought it would be widespread like that tbh...
Show threadNicolai von NeudeckApr 9, 2017
@puellavulnerata because writing a bot is far less intimidating than changing the instance code?
Show threaddeadbabeApr 9, 2017
@puellavulnerata have nawt been following, what are these followbots doing
Show threadAndreⓐApr 9, 2017
@0xdeadbabe automated cross-instance follows to import things into the federated timeline
Show threadAndreⓐApr 9, 2017
@0xdeadbabe and/or to compensate for Mastodon apparently only caching toots and userpics for remote accounts when at least one local user follows
Show threadtobyApr 9, 2017
@puellavulnerata i would love to see a seedfile as part of the main repo/standard setup instructions