jsonbecker
jsonbecker

This issue about Bridgy getting “success” messages from Mastodon instances when sending them ActivityPub posts but those posts never showing up sure looks like something some Micro.blog users see.

When I say that Mastodon is not ActivityPub (and AP has problems) this is what I mean.

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pratik
pratik

@jsonbecker Meant to raise something similar. I’m now following most Micro.blog accounts via my separate Mastodon account. However, my replies to posts I make there don’t show up in the conversation view on Micro.blog. I see replies from other Mastodon accounts though.

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jsonbecker
jsonbecker

@pratik can you try following my MB account? Right now you’ve been replying to my cross posted content.

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pratik
pratik

@jsonbecker Just did. Replied to both accounts’ posts.

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jsonbecker
jsonbecker

@pratik I don’t see any replies to this post on Micro.blog or Mastodon json.blog/2024/09/0...

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pratik
pratik

@jsonbecker This is what I see on Ivory. I replied using both my fediverse IDs.

A Mastodon conversation discussing the issue of ActivityPub posts not appearing on Mastodon despite showing successful delivery messages. Jason Becker tweets about a GitHub issue on this topic and comments that Mastodon isn't truly ActivityPub. Pratik mentions a similar issue with Micro

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pratik@writing.exchange
pratik@writing.exchange

@jsonbecker Trying again. This time with ‘Unlisted’ as the setting. It was 'Followers Only' previously.

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jsonbecker
jsonbecker

@pratik this one I see in MB and Ivory

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pratik@writing.exchange
pratik@writing.exchange

@jsonbecker 🤦🏽‍♂️ Guess that was it :) Now to look for where I had set that as a default.

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jsonbecker
jsonbecker

@pratik if your goal is for people to see your replies I definitely think any form of limiting how public they are is likely to create trouble for you.

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pratik@writing.exchange
pratik@writing.exchange

@jsonbecker I mean, I didn't know that would limit the reach but makes sense.

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