• @Blaze@reddthat.comOP
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    422 days ago

    Ah, that’s the cool I was looking for! Are we sure this tool is completely functional? The large number of “in progress” instances always gives me doubt

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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      522 days ago

      It used to be Lemmy Community Boost and I think it still works despite the status. I do keep meaning to track the developer down and give them a nudge.

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        22 days ago

        The tool relies on community local subscriber count to unsubscribe and that value was not available from 0.19.0 to 0.19.3. I fixed the problem about 8 months ago but due to unfortunate timing, it didn’t reach prod from then.

        In the end, the tool is working. The only problem is, it doesn’t know if it should unsubscribe on 0.19.0 to 0.19.3. So it stays in in progress state but still federates the community.

        Once all instances upgrades to 0.19.4, it will work correctly both functionally and visually.

        @Emperor@feddit.uk @Blaze@reddthat.com

        Also @can@sh.itjust.works; the auto add feature is for adding new local communities to the tool automatically. With it, users don’t need to add their communities manually to the tool because it will do it automatically.

        But the federation is not relies on that tick. If the instance is enabled, it will subscribe to all communities no matter if auto add is enabled or not.

        I guess I need to improve the explanations cuz at this state it is so confusing :) Maybe a FAQ page could be useful.

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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          422 days ago

          Thanks for the information - very useful. And yes, an FAQ would be handy, although if you wait long enough it’ll be less necessary.

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          Also @can@sh.itjust.works; the auto add feature is for adding new local communities to the tool automatically. With it, users don’t need to add their communities manually to the tool because it will do it automatically.

          I see, I thought it meant the manually added communities were put into a queue of some sort and each instance admin would manually choose when they get added. I’m glad that’s not the case. Thank you for clarifying and for the wonderful tool.