Comment on Is there a fix for, "This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete."
modem_down@thebrainbin.org 2 weeks agoif 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
OK, got it. That's the reason I couldn't see those toots on Mbin.
so no guarantee it will be implemented at all. But since it is an annoying problem, maybe it will
Backfill would be great! (Server capacity concerns notwithstanding.)
In the meantime, clearer wording for the info banner would help:
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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"
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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"