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Is there a fix for, "This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete."
(media.thebrainbin.org)
I use Mbin because it seems to be the only software that provides subscriptions to Fediverse microblogs (e.g. from Mastodon) as well as subscription to Fediverse forums/communities/magazines (e.g. from Lemmy).
Unfortunately, when viewed from Mbin, Mastodon profiles often have the warning, This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance
Example: https://thebrainbin.org/u/@transitous@en.osm.town
What's the source of this issue? E.g. is it:
- Due to a choice by the admin of the Mbin server hosting my account?
- Due to a bug in Mbin?
- Something else?
About backfilling, if @modem_down@thebrainbin.org come across any yet unfederated links in the wild, maybe worth mentioning search links are standardized and hard-coded, making even redirect scripts efficient. Like e.g.
https://thebrainbin.org/search?search%5Bq%5D=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social%2F%40artologica%40chaos.social%2F116986639666818550yieldinghttps://thebrainbin.org/m/random/p/829840(and using a remote link from a third instance to further make my point hehe).Though about the instance itself doing backfilling by an automated worker, it could be pretty taxing on both the requesting and requested instances, so I worry communications may get timed-out or the requesting instance may inflate to the point storage becomes a big concern.