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Stefano Marinelli
@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@nick @admin @hamburg Hello! 1) Yes, this is related to snac. As it's tailored to small instances, it tries to increase their visibility and federation reach by sending posts to all its known instances.

I completely understand that it can feel like spam when many new cities appear, and I'm sorry for the annoyance. This "push" behavior is a feature that could technically be disabled, but we choose to keep it active intentionally.

The reason is that this "discoverability" feature is extremely useful and widely appreciated by users on larger instances. It's often the only way they can find and follow cities that nobody on their instance is following yet. Without it, many cities would simply be invisible.

It's definitely a trade-off, but it's proven to be essential for helping FediMeteo grow and connect across the network.

2) I'll think about it, thank you for your suggestion. The current idea is "what's the weather like now? Ok, what's the trend of the coming days?". Then, if people are interested, they can go deeper and see hour-by-hour details. But I'll re-consider it.

Thank you for your feedback!

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Nordnick 馃悩
@nick@hhmx.de replied  路  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe @admin@fedimeteo.com

1锔忊儯 Is it a configuration option on #Snac or is any instance using #Snac federating this way? Will it stop, when no one is following any account?

hhmx.de is my single account instance, that i use do develop my own #Fediverse server named #Mammuthus.

At least i noticed an issue, as the #Fedimeteo posts shows up as public (and not unlisted). Fixed now.

But as unlisted posts are used users can just find #Fedimeteo accounts by searching for accounts, right? Not sure, how visible this is... :-)

2锔忊儯 My approach is currently "what's the weather now, and soon, the next hours?" and just then "the next days"... maybe a poll would be a good idea?

Thanks for your reply.

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