About backfilling, if @modem_down 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 1 week 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 1 week ago - auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 1 week ago
Though about the instance itself doing backfilling, 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 6 days ago
OK, got it. That's the reason I couldn't see those toots on Mbin.
Backfill would be great! (Server capacity concerns notwithstanding.)
In the meantime, clearer wording for the info banner would help:
Before subscribing: "This Fediverse profile is hosted on a different server than yours. If you, or another user on your server, were to subscribe to this profile, the profile's subsequent posts will be displayed here. The profile's older posts can be viewed on their server"
After subscribing: "This Fediverse profile is hosted on a different server than yours. Now that you have subscribed, the profile's future posts will be displayed here. The profile's older posts can be viewed on their server"