[feature] Allow GtS to subscribe + pull posts from relays

[tsmethurst]

Opening this issue now as a stub for future discussion + implementation.

[tsmethurst]

Relates to https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues/1124

[0wg]

Any updates relating to this?

[tsmethurst]

Any updates relating to this?

Haven't had time to work on it yet, no! Still would like to implement it At Some Point (tm) though

[Jasdemi]

Any estimate when relays will be implemented? My instance feels quite isolated without relays. Are there any other ways such as bots/tools to help with this in the meantime?

[tsmethurst]

No update, no estimate aside from 'perhaps next year'.

[looprock]

@Jasdemi I wrote this as a possible solution to this very problem: https://github.com/looprock/fedifeeder/ I haven't messed with GoToSocial since 0.5, and things might have changed and there might be an easier way to do this now, but I ended up digging the client data for my instance out of the Db.

[jsopsy]

adding my whishes

As an administrator I want to subscribe my instance to an activity pub relay to add content to my server.

• My instance should be able to follow instances published on the relay
• I want to be able to limit the subscription to instances I am whitelisting
• I want content from the relay to be added to my public timeline
• I want tags and boosts to be pulled/added to database, if available on relay
• If tags are pulled I want them to be treated like all other tags on my server
• If for technical reasons a system user has to be utilized for subscriptions then I want it to be invisible to other users and limited to subscritption-actions

out of scope here:

• posting local public timeline to a relay
• acting as a relay

[chri2]

Feature request related extending this:

Subscribe to local timeline from accounts on remote instances

It'd be great if accounts on different than the local fediverse instances could subscribe to an actor like @[email protected] to receive all new notes and boosts published on the instance gts.instance.social .

use case

I'm planning a small instance on which all accounts are editors for news, opinions, information, boosts related to the place/region I live in.

For people interested in the locality/region covered by the content created or promoted through this instance it should be possible to subscribe to the local timeline of my instance using there already existing fediverse account.