On Mastodon @zatnosk@helvede.net shared the image below about where a Toot is displayed.
Since I’m learning Python and Python in my view is so readable that anyone, I thought I’d share it here with a bit of (incomplete) Python code implementing the diagram. (edit: diagram removed, as the code brought a semantic error to light)
This piece of code is how I understand the decisions – but that might just be me…
def display_toot(toot,my_user):
'''
An incomplete function showing how public toots will be
displayed on respective timelines.
This code is not representative of any Mastodon API.
It is simply a way for the writer to understand the
decisions on where a toot is shown.
'''
if is_public(toot):
if toot.user.followed_by(my_user):
show_on_home_timeline(toot)
else:
if toot.user.on_server(my_user.server):
show_on_local_timeline(toot)
else:
everyone_followed_on_server =
get_all_followed_on(my_user.server)
if (
toot.user.followed_by_any(
everyone_followed_on_server)
or
toot.boosted_by_any(
everyone_followed_on_server)
or
toot.response_from_any_on(my_user.server)
):
show_on_federated_timeline(toot)
else:
pass # Incomplete. Non-public toots missing