@johannab @LiquidParasyte i guess this happened because this instance may have had federation enabled for a little while, and you were indexed from dinteg during that period
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@johannab I didn't know that circles could federate, but I guess that makes sense
To clarify, private circles (which all circles are by default) do not federate, and shared circles currently don't either (though the circle feed and member list can be viewed by people who aren't a user of your instance if shared publically). We're looking at Mastodon's draft proposal (starter packs FEP) as a way to potentially federated shared circles in the future though: https://github.com/mastodon/featured_collections
@LiquidParasyte I'm curious as to how it happened with this instance supposedly not federating. So the functionality is to notify a remote user they've been added to a circle ... but not allow that remote user to see or use the circle? And is that the intended function or is that an oddity due to my other instance "federating" but this one is not?
@johannab @LiquidParasyte this instance is local-only, it's a space for testing bonfire social, provide feedback, report bugs or ideas.
We dont plan to run a flagship instance because we're focused on developing tools, not hosting or moderating instances
@ivan @LiquidParasyte Oh, I totally understand that Ivan - I appreciate being here in the sandbox. I was just curious that when I added this account (me - here) as a member of a "Circle" from my bonfire.dinteg.ca account, that the "Circles" sub-menu appeared here in the sidebard indicating I had been added.
So we're not completely walled off here, but our posts do not get out?
I think I'm just poking things with sticks right now to see what happens, as I decide on platforms I want to start promoting to community orgs I'm volunteering with. I just need to wrap my brain around the experience and be able to explain it properly to people who are LESS likely than I am to figure things out.
@johannab @LiquidParasyte i guess this happened because this instance may have had federation enabled for a little while, and you were indexed from dinteg during that period
@mayel @ivan @LiquidParasyte
oh, interesting. It's only been a couple of weeks I've been playing around wth either - would this have happened between the instances even if it was before I had an account?
These are the fascinating little bits of integration that always leave me wishing I had a deeper understanding of code and protocol.
Bonfire social
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
Federation disabled