<![CDATA[I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago.]]>I'm reading through some of my post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago.

I've noticed a couple replies seem to have lost the thread they replied to. Is that a bug with today's 5.0 update?

If I could "view source" on a post to see the underlying event, I might be able to find the thread myself, but I guess the UI doesn't provide that? Anyone remember the API to fetch that? ๐Ÿค”

]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/c1c3a56c-1702-4123-b03a-3d39a9874f04/i-m-reading-through-some-of-my-mastodon-post-repost-reply-history-to-find-something-i-thought-i-d-linked-to-a-while-ago.RSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 05:37:29 GMTTue, 20 Oct 2026 18:00:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:07:23 GMT]]>@NfNitLoop this isn't using the mastodon api

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480937455007237https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480937455007237Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:07:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:54:34 GMT]]>@liaizon Nope, same problem there. On your link, you can see the inReplyToAtomUri, but on this one it is missing: https://browser.pub/https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop/117480686894226589

If it's just proxying to the Mastodon API, it's not going to be able to show *more* data...

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480887026521827https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480887026521827Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:54:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:47:21 GMT]]>@NfNitLoop maybe this tool is easier to check with https://browser.pub/https://mastodon.social/@NfNitLoop/117480686894226589

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480858649099956https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480858649099956Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:47:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:13:18 GMT]]>@liaizon My test confirms it:

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]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480724795051043https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480724795051043Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:13:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:05:26 GMT]]>@liaizon Here is my reply.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480693826722659https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480693826722659Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:03:40 GMT]]>@liaizon I'm using "rewrites history" loosely here. It's serving me my old status with its in_reply_to_id missing, even though the original had it.

Maybe what's actually happening is that it still has that ID in its database, but just doesn't expose it via the REST API because that ID is marked as deleted. But from the outside, the effect is the same.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480686894226589https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480686894226589Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:03:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:17:16 GMT]]>@NfNitLoop are you sure of that one? This doesn't sound right. That would be rn emense amount of extra work for a mastodon server to do.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480268513246945https://citiverse.it/post/https://social.wake.st/users/liaizon/statuses/117480268513246945Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:17:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:07:11 GMT]]>This is the kind of thing that made me originally write and now it's making me want to work on the next version.

I have mixed feelings on that. ๐Ÿ˜‚

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480228891632720https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480228891632720Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:07:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:04:24 GMT]]>After much more spelunking, it seems to be that:

1) The author of a status I replied to deleted the original status.
2) Instead of giving me back my status with its original in_reply_to_id, Mastodon rewrites history to make it appear as if I I'm just talking to myself. ๐Ÿ˜ 

I was only able to verify this because I have my own backup of my mastodon history, which Mastodon can not rewrite.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480217916831271https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117480217916831271Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I'm reading through some of my #Mastodon post/repost/reply history to find something I thought I'd linked to a while ago. on Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:06:44 GMT]]>aha, it's: GET /api/v1/statuses/:id

The API returns an empty in_reply_to_id. Now the question is... is that because I missed providing that ID in my original reply? Or because the server lost it? ๐Ÿค”

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117474564790092362https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NfNitLoop/statuses/117474564790092362Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:06:44 GMT