QOTO Announcements & Polls
What feature would you like to see the Admin's at #QOTO add to our mastodon instance next?
If you don't see what you'd want in the poll just comment it down below instead.
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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
That could be, we only maintain actively the default one. Generally if anyone uses a style sheet and has bugs if they report it id fix it within 24 hours. Probably not worth doing if no one uses them though.
I should check to see if they have updates though at least.
Thanks
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
If the instance blocks us you would not be able to see the toot in the timeline, same if the user themselves blocks the whole instance or you (in which case you wont see their toots AND their follow button will be greyed out).
The only way they wouldnt be able to hear you but you would see their toots is if the individual silenced you or our instance, or if the whole instance silenced us. In which case the user can still see your responses they just wont get notified when you mention them unless they follow you.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird Neither. I just checked, that server neither blocks us or silences us. I also just double checked by trying to follow someone and the follow request was successful.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird Very few instances actually block QOTO. The few that do are smaller (only a few users), or mostly just the extremely radical ones that block a TON of instances indiscriminately.
If you check the various scene graphs or just look around ont he other servers you'll find blocks of the QOTO domain are relatively rare throughout the fediverse.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird by the way the reason you are seeing the system behave the way it does to you following users isnt a block or a silence. Some users have protected following. This means if you follow them it will be pending and the user will decide if they wish to approve it or not. If the account isnt active they may never approve it and it may be pending forever.
This is most likely what you are experiencing. As far as i can tell there is no indication of a silence or a block there.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird As far as i know, no, there is no way to refuse users with low count automatically.
You likely just tried to follow someone with protected follower setting set.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird There should be a little lock next to their name if they have protected follower status configured (though it doesnt always show up). If youw ere blocked you wouldnt be able to click the follow button at all.
Keep in mind also if a server is running a GAB fork they are very buggy and sometimes gives an issue similar to what you described as well.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird What is the user, I can see if i can follow. But I can say for sure the server itself doesnt have us blocked or silenced by the look of it.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@khird Ill investigate further and see if i cant figure out whats going on.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
As in you can post a toot and it will be exactly like a public toot except it wont be seen in the Local Timeline (but will be seen int he Federated timeline).
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
A local toot would be shown only on qoto
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@mngrif local toots to me are less useful than federate only.
Local toots are generally for server announcements, the sort of stuff QOTO makes. Its also good if we want to talk openly about server policy without having the likes of @ isolategab and similar making an issue out of it since they cant see it.
Federate only is great if you have content that might be spammy by local standards (say you want to promote a non-STEM oriented company) but otherwise would be appropriate for the wider fediverse.
🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱
@mngrif yea me too, id keep all my politics federate only
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