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Lemmy-Federate doesn't subscribe if there is a local subscriber already. (hackertalks.com)

submitted 1 month ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/lemmyfederate@lemy.lol

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Report of the same issue in lemmy support - https://hackertalks.com/post/9701951

If a user is the only subscriber on a instance, and gets banned, and unbanned, then unban wont federate.

If lemmy-federate would subscribe even if there are already local subscribers, then this lemmy issue would be moot for lemmy-federated communities (there would always be at least one subscriber on the instance with the lemmy-federate bot, so the unban gets federated).

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[–] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This seems more like a Lemmy issue. However, to fix this issue, we can unsubscribe after 2 users follows instead of 1 🤔

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

agreed, its 100% a lemmy issue. Out of curiosity, why unsubscribe at all? What is the downside?

For example, when I first heard of lemmy-federate, I added the bot to my instance, and then i unsubscribed from lots of communities in my feed, assuming the bot would subscribe, and I could use "subscribe" like a normal user... but the bot didn't subscribe, and i lost all those communities - unless i subscribed again.

Will the bot eventually subscribe again if the followers hit zero? I've waited 24 hours, and so far it hasn't.

[–] iso@lemy.lol 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I didn’t want to manipulate counts. If we had 500 instances registered, that would be problem.

Currently it doesn’t re-subscribe because it’s kind of edge case. It would also be fixed by increasing count to 2. I’m resetting the database every 1-2 months too.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

500 would just become the new baseline, but i see your point.

Thank you for explaining it.

Is there a way to get lemmy-federate to refresh my instance? (i'm still trying to find all the communities that get unsubscribed)

[–] iso@lemy.lol 2 points 1 month ago

If you update your settings, all entries will be reset. Just click Save button in the management page.