About backfilling, if @modem_down@thebrainbin.org come across any yet unfederated links in the wild, maybe worth mentioning search links are standardized and hard-coded, making even redirect scripts efficient. Like e.g. `https://thebrainbin.org/search?search[q]=https://mastodon.social/@artologica@chaos.social/116986639666818550` yielding `https://thebrainbin.org/m/random/p/829840` (and using a remote link from a third instance to further make my point hehe).
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BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de 3 months ago You could type in the url of the post in the search bar, but if you follow a user their future posts will be sent to your server. We were talking about implementing a backfill option, but there is no eta yet, so no guarantee it will be implemented at all. But since it is an annoying problem, maybe it will
auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 3 months ago - auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 3 months ago Though about the instance itself doing backfilling by an automated worker, it could be pretty taxing on both the requesting and requested instances, so I worry communications may get timed-out or the requesting instance may inflate to the point storage becomes a big concern.
modem_down@thebrainbin.org 3 months ago