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  • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    131·
    23 hours ago

    That’s really not how it works, especially in regards to what OP is referring to. Anyone can offer contributions to mastodon, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be accepted. Mastodon has an organization and that organizations has opinions on what should and shouldn’t be implemented. For example, Mastodon doesn’t federate favorites, so you only see the amount of favorites a post has recieved from your own interest. I’d like for this to be changed, and I could submit a PR to do so, but it wouldn’t be accepted.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      I’d like for this to be changed, and I could submit a PR to do so, but it wouldn’t be accepted.

      How do you know that it wouldn’t be accepted?

      • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        8 hours ago

        Because PRs have been made for it before and people at the Mastodon organization have made it clear they do not want this feature.