commit 3f3419d8dbc810fe3ba8c8b1b33b7cb529900c61
parent 6d1a2868b54972d8176239da78aa50e341b49d81
Author: default <nobody@localhost>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:12:57 +0100
Updated documentation.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/snac.8 b/doc/snac.8
@@ -591,10 +591,10 @@ instance can subscribe to LitePub (Pleroma-style) Fediverse Relays. Doing this i
visibility and allows following hashtags. To do this, you must create a special user named
relay and, from it, follow the relay actor(s) like you do with regular actor URLs. This
special user will start receiving boosts from the relay server of posts from other instances
-also following it. It any other user of the same
+also following it. If any other user of the same
.Nm
instance follows any of the hashtags included in these boosted posts coming from the relay,
-they will received as if they were for them.
+they will be received as if they were for them.
.Pp
Example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -602,6 +602,9 @@ snac adduser $SNAC_BASEDIR relay # only needed once
snac follow $SNAC_BASEDIR relay https://relay.example.com/actor
.Ed
.Pp
+Users on your instance do NOT need to follow the local relay user to benefit from following
+hashtags.
+.Pp
Please take note that subscribing to relays can increase the traffic towards your instance
significantly. In any case, lowering the "Maximum days to keep posts" value for the relay
special user is recommended (e.g. setting to just 1 day).
