<![CDATA[Following a thread is now available in the latest version of #HolosSocial.]]>Following a thread is now available in the latest version of . already lets you follow an object, not only an account, so a Follow can target a post. You then receive new replies, even from accounts you do not follow. A thread is short-lived, so the Follow uses the standard endTime property to expire on its own. It works best when other servers support it, that's why I want to turn it into a .

For people curious about the idea: https://tom79.dev/posts/follow-a-note/

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This is one of the reasons I proposed that "observer" actor. Another option is to use a custom activity (e.g. Watch).

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Thanks, I read your FEP. The main difference is that the Follow targets the Note directly, with no observer actor in between. It also adds two conditions: the author must be indexable, so consent is explicit, and the Follow uses endTime because a thread is short-lived. On my side, Holos falls back to polling the replies collection when a server ignores the Follow, so it keeps working everywhere.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116739288243939151https://citiverse.it/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116739288243939151Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:36:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Following a thread is now available in the latest version of #HolosSocial. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:18:57 GMT]]>@apps I wrote this FEP: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/f06f/fep-f06f.md

Object observer is an ActivityPub actor that can be followed to receive object updates.

However, I never implemented it. Pulling context and replies is often enough.

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