I notice that when viewing a snac profile from another instance all instances show zero followers and zero followees. What do I need to configure for the snac server to report the correct numbers?
The issue then is that Mastodon FE wrongly reports the numbers as zero instead of returning, 'hidden', or 'unknown' or just hiding that output altogether. Thus their front end is inadvertently misleading.
I vaguely remember some FE like Pleroma or Friendica actually allowing the user to select hiding followers and followees and reporting them as 'hidden' in the number field.
BTW Akkoma just shows 0 for each if you select the option.
I think it is a pointless and self-gratifying metric so personally do not care if it says zero, and anyone not following me because of such a metric... well then I do not want them following me then anyway. I do not even check it when following others.
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