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@dansup

BoostBot Farms R US. That is what will happen.

Yes, you can defederate, but in the meantime, you still get to play whack-a-mole.

@dansup

The good thing about minus 40 is that you need not know the units involved.

@feditips

Speaking of descriptions, I want to encourage everyone to provide descriptions for links that are not self-descriptive. Youtube is a perfect example.

I am less likely to chase a link if I do not know what the subject matter is.

@feditips

It may be worth noting that even if it is a bot account, the person that set it up may actually read replies. Usually not what one would expect, but you never know.

@feditips

My profile is an example of this.

@feditips

Even if you do this, you will likely see redundant boosts that still clog your timeline.

@feditips

I would add hiding boosts as an option.

@feditips

This is the correct approach. Move.

The Sidekiq queues can build up quickly on a large instance, and they can get stuck.

@feditips

Another thing to add to your writeup:

Boost for reach. And make the poll last at least 24 hours, preferably more, because people sleep.

Well, if you want good statistics.

@feditips @MastodonEngineering

It would be helpful if they posted on #Mastodon more often. Only 5 posts with thousands of followers is not what you want to do if you hope to get some engagement and some input.

@dansup @pixelfed

A good catch. I would not have chased it anyway.

@feditips

Unfortunately it is not that simple.

The server could do it based upon age of when the user last saw the boost. The problem is that this adds more complexity to the server to manage. And, there is no guarantee that the user actually saw (eyeball read) the boost in the first place.

I think this is best managed client-side, and that requires the client to track which post was boosted, and then would likely not be over 24 hours before it is aged out of a cache. Though, if you have the ram, you could make the expiry time longer.

Needs to be client side, but continue to waste bandwidth as happens now.

It is important that the original post creation timestamp is NOT a factor.

@feditips @owncast

I suspect that at some time in the future, the anon chat function will have to be disabled.

Might not be for a couple of years, but at some point, it will likely be attacked.

@dansup

Sure does not look like it paid any attention to the text above it image.

@dansup @pixelfed

It's working better than the iPhone side, right? 🤔​

@feditips

I have run into this, but I am pretty sure I did not click on something specific and thereby lost the ALL setting.

Then again, it could have been a phantom touch on mobile.

@dansup @pixelfed

I prefer dark mode on any app for two reasons.

Easier on my eyes, but also that it saves battery where needed.

@dansup @pixelfed

This will not age well.

@dansup

The problem I see is that someone may want to point out an issue using text only.

@dansup

And it was always said that no two snowflakes are the same.