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Is making user interaction between instances easier even possible in current state of fediverse and the protocol? (fedit.pl)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Interacting on instances which are not yet discoverd and connected to instance where we are registered is pain in the ass. Copying URL into search bar? That is really repelling. I'm sure it was discussed before but I can't find this discussion. How to make it easier? Do devs need to make changes to protocol or it's enough and it can be done within the apps themselves? How close are we to the solution?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Its absolutely an issue that can be solved. The issue is that activpub is push based so their is no sing e source of truth. U could do a atproto style collector service that provides a search interface. U could also probably get a good but imperfect search by using the concept of n degrees of separation. Ie u search ur instance then search other instances who then search other instances.

Also some of the larger instances avoid the search issue by having a bot from their own instance subscribe to communities on other instances so that the content federates.