chaosmonk1

It looks like there's some documentation here, https://git.gnu.io/foocorp/librefm/wikis/Librefm_API and according to this page https://git.gnu.io/foocorp/librefm/wikis/Librefm_API_methods it appears that some but not all features require authentication.

> This is expected, your instance only shows toots it knows about, and it won't pull toots from remote users. What causes my instance to "know about" a toot? I...

> Basically, your instance knows about toots if any of these is true: Thanks, that seems to largely explain the current behavior for profiles, though not entirely. On profiles, I...

> Fetching replies is expensive, and you'd need to do that each time the toot is displayed, not when it's discovered, because in most cases you'd discover it quickly after...

Okay, thanks. To make sure I understand correctly, if I am on instance `A`, and I am following a user on instance `B`, and they boost a toot by a...

Ok, I understand now that the boost is irrelevant. The boost just causes the toot to appear in my Home feed, but even without the boost, `A` would still be...

Aghhh, sorry for dragging this out, and thanks for your patience. So to clarify: * Say I am on instance `example.com`, and the only person that I or anyone else...

Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. I think the issue is that the UI creates an expectation of different behavior from what actually happens. I was hoping that the...

Ok, I've spent a few months keeping an open mind and trying to get used to this behavior, but I still think that this is a serious problem, at least...

It seems that "* - Topic" channels are already identified as auto-generated and handled differently. [src/invidious/channels.cr:](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious/blob/c2c224b16f9ee11e5bebeed8901aedbc0e15bfae/src/invidious/channels.cr) ``` # Auto-generated channels # https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2579942 if author.ends_with?(" - Topic") || {"Popular on YouTube",...