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Is federation working? (self.pixelfed)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by avidamoeba to c/pixelfed

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Can see accounts on pixelfed.social but I can't see any pics from them.

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[–] breakfastmtn 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

When you search for a hash tag, you're searching the global feed. The global feed is local accounts, accounts anyone on your server is following, and accounts connected to a relay your server is following. On a new server, it takes time to build those connections.

Also, when a server becomes aware of an account, only new posts are shown. The reason you can see all that stuff on pixelfed.social is that it's been active for like 7 years and has "known" about those accounts for a long time. When first connected, you'd get the same results on pixelfed.social that you're getting now.

Federation is probably fine, but Pixelfed.ca is just in an awkward phase.

[–] quaff 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ah okay. So it's just a matter of.. the more people use this instance, the more things are cached. Gotcha! Thanks for that explanation 🙏

[–] breakfastmtn 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, early members have to do a bit more legwork making connections to make it easier for the noobs down the road ;)

[–] quaff 2 points 2 months ago

Gah. Time to search and load all the profiles 🥲👀

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