@jrmy @lnxw37b1 Federation isn't a simple on/off switch but rather a collection of "known" instances created by the network of whom-follows-whom. Most of the people followed here are on Mastodon instances rather than other software, so a mastodon federation bug hits harder here than on my other instance.
Maiyannah Bishop (maiyannah@plateia.org)'s status on Friday, 14-Jul-2017 16:52:28 EDT
Maiyannah Bishop@sungo GNU social included a patch recently to try to fix a misbehaving node that would leave connections hanging with just keep-alive packets. The end result was that feeds ended up cut off early in almost every case, and as a result postActiv (and GNU social) would discard the feeds as malformed, so you would not get passive subscriptions, just salmon direct notifications.
Anyways, others can carry on doing whatever they like, but if you want changes in postActiv, discuss them here, consider that a bit of an official position. Ideally, in the !postActiv group.
The fix for MySQL 5.7 problems is getting merged into !postActiv now after not having any issues on the dev box and then Plateia for a bit, let me know if anyone has any issues. #postActiv
And as I finally reach this milestone I'd like to thank all the people who have supported the project, be it with code, or by administering a postActiv instance that people can use, spreading the word about the fediverse to friends and family, or with financial support via our patreon. Your support of !postActiv and the fediverse at large does not go unnoticed and is greatly appreciated! #postActiv