@supernovae@universeodon.com But you're missing the point that your complaints aren't about Mastodon itself but about the underlying Fediverse, of which Mastodon is only a client.

The reason this matters is because it's about identifying the responsible piece, especially if we want to improve or fix it.

can't change the issues you're bringing up. that runs the might be improved, as that's where those behaviors live, so that's where the finger needs to be pointed.

@John

The points brought up: Missing replies, missing boosts, missing likes are actually pure implementation choices of Mastodon.

Of course, going into the details of why this is Mastodon faults, requires understanding the underlying technological stack. Fixing it is "simple". Just fetch all replies from the original server, when viewing content. A client application can do this as well as Mastodon. It just involved a lot of network traffic.

That Mastodon doesn't do this, has simple performance considerations. Mastodon is build to allow somebody to host an instance with almost 1 million registered users.

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Oh, no, not at all. That's not how this system works.

Mastodon doesn't receive those replies, boosts, and likes at all. It's not an implementation choice; since Mastodon doesn't receive the signal it couldn't display the reply/boost/like whether it wanted to or not.
@supernovae@universeodon.com @John

There is a little word called fetch in my post. Also as most of the fediverse is mastodon, it is still Mastodon's fault likes are not send to everyone.

These things all boil down to implementation choices if mastodon. For example friendica sends likes to everyone.

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