<2021-09-24T19:29:22.000Z> jimmyrustles: What exactly does Fedicleaner do
<2021-09-24T19:31:01.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: You use it to clear out old posts. It uses Pleroma/Mastodons open endpoints to delete posts that are of a certain age.
<2021-09-24T19:31:13.000Z> jimmyrustles: but no dice on other instances
<2021-09-24T19:31:49.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: It /may/ work. I've never tried it there. What does poast run on?
<2021-09-24T19:32:12.000Z> jimmyrustles: Not sure, you might have to ask Graf 
<2021-09-24T19:32:23.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I know it works on gearlandia and that's soapbox
<2021-09-24T19:33:16.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Looks like poast is soapbox so it should work.
<2021-09-24T19:33:35.000Z> jimmyrustles: Lets assume I run it, what happens to posts I already deleted
<2021-09-24T19:34:36.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: So in the fediverse other instances are supposed to respect delete requests, so it'll delete the post from poast and those requests are sent out to other instances. Sure there's probably a glowly instance not respecting deletes somehwere, but twitter fags are not privy to that info.
<2021-09-24T19:36:19.000Z> jimmyrustles: would it skip those or delete them anyways
<2021-09-24T19:36:52.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Oh those are alreayd "gone" so they shouldn't affect anything
<2021-09-24T19:37:22.000Z> jimmyrustles: Then your fedicleaner may not work then because Ive seen such deleted posts on other instances
<2021-09-24T19:37:58.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Well 1 there's delays for some instances and 2 they may not be respecting the delete requests from poast (not my tool)
<2021-09-24T19:38:33.000Z> jimmyrustles: That I know. Wonder if they end up respecting them in a year or so
<2021-09-24T19:41:42.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I think repeats are particularly sticky. but they should dissolve over time.
<2021-09-24T19:42:06.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Especially in the Case of Instance A -Repeat-> B -Repeat> C
<2021-09-24T19:43:10.000Z> jimmyrustles: So your tool is more of a post cleaner than an instance once
<2021-09-24T19:43:17.000Z> jimmyrustles: which I dont really care because its still a good tool
<2021-09-24T19:45:54.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I actually built an an instance-level version for gearlandia (for space issues on images).
<2021-09-24T19:46:17.000Z> jimmyrustles: Is it possible for Poast
<2021-09-24T19:47:40.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Should be. They are both soapbox. It's something me and graf would have to work together on since it needs admin-level permissions. (I would also need to cut out a few features then I'd just open source it so he could have some people take a look over the code)
<2021-09-24T19:48:59.000Z> jimmyrustles: Why doesnt anyone know this
<2021-09-24T19:49:11.000Z> jimmyrustles: this is solid shit if you could wipe out deleted posts on other instances
<2021-09-24T19:50:03.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Oh we might have some wires crossed. It's still sadly up to the other instance to handle the deletes (which some servers drag ass at it.)
<2021-09-24T19:50:33.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: The instance-level would be able to clean up everyoe's posts on an instance.
<2021-09-24T19:52:43.000Z> jimmyrustles: If it can wipe across other instances you basically just did the impossible
<2021-09-24T19:53:05.000Z> jimmyrustles: I dont know why this isnt being utilizied, more or less you getting paid to do it
<2021-09-24T19:53:58.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: It's just a case where my posts get lost in the storm of the feed.
<2021-09-24T19:54:20.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I'm also up to putting more customization options but I couldn't think of any others.
<2021-09-24T19:54:54.000Z> jimmyrustles: So you just made a tool that wipes out your posts on other instances
<2021-09-24T19:55:06.000Z> jimmyrustles: Wouldnt that break the code on Fedi
<2021-09-24T19:55:14.000Z> jimmyrustles: I thought you can't do that
<2021-09-24T19:55:38.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: No, it deletes them on SPC and other instances accept the delete requests and remove the post data on their server which is the normal process. I just automated it
<2021-09-24T19:56:24.000Z> jimmyrustles: And this can work for even Mastodon and Pleroma?
<2021-09-24T19:57:53.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Yeah.
<2021-09-24T19:58:06.000Z> jimmyrustles: what the fuck 
<2021-09-24T19:58:22.000Z> jimmyrustles: I thought Mastodon would just perma log your posts no matter what
<2021-09-24T19:58:47.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: So cool code knowledge. Pleroma is a layer on mastodon. Soapbox is a layer ontop of pleroma.
<2021-09-24T19:59:05.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: So technically you're basically using mastodon in some way
<2021-09-24T19:59:29.000Z> jimmyrustles: And if you simply just crack the code from Mastodon you basically solve a puzzle
<2021-09-24T19:59:47.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Graf has done a lot of interesting enhancements to poast (which sadly arent public I'd love to see them)
<2021-09-24T20:00:18.000Z> jimmyrustles: I'd contact him if I were you
<2021-09-24T20:00:27.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Well what I've done isn't necessarily secret. It's well documented: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/
<2021-09-24T20:00:32.000Z> jimmyrustles: Even if people can delete their posts on this instance, its still logged on other sites
<2021-09-24T20:00:44.000Z> jimmyrustles: still giving them damage from a Doxx Op
<2021-09-24T20:01:03.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: That's a bigger fedi problem in general
<2021-09-24T20:01:23.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: In theory all instances should respect delete requests.
<2021-09-24T20:01:49.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I'm sure there's some glow instance sucking up posts and storing them
<2021-09-24T20:02:09.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: but 99% of people wouldn't know how to do that
<2021-09-24T20:03:05.000Z> jimmyrustles: Even if thats the case, it certainly wont be in the hands of some faggot on twitter
<2021-09-24T20:03:16.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Exactly
<2021-09-24T20:03:54.000Z> jimmyrustles: You should definitely talk to Graf with this. Doing this basically ensures better security for Poast
<2021-09-24T20:04:03.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Like tl;dr you should always practice opsec, but it doesn't hurt to leave behind the least amount of fingerprints
<2021-09-24T20:05:14.000Z> jimmyrustles: Hell I'll fucking pay you money if this deletes my posts on Mastodon or wherever the fuck
<2021-09-24T20:13:56.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: After doing some reading it looks like mastodon server delete requests are rate limited to about 1 per minute  GLOBALLY (yeah you heard that right) So they could queue up for weeks. Fuck gargon
<2021-09-24T20:14:11.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Howver one day they should disappear.
<2021-09-24T20:14:25.000Z> jimmyrustles: As long as they inevitably get Thanos snapped, it's all good
<2021-09-24T20:18:46.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: But yeah feel free to check the code and give it a run. Let me know if anything breaks
<2021-12-03T20:53:37.000Z> jimmyrustles: I completely forgot about this lmao
<2021-12-03T20:53:46.000Z> jimmyrustles: Do you have a Step by step instruction on how to do this
<2021-12-03T20:55:42.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Damn. Been a hot minute. Anyway, for windows, you just double click and follow the instructions. For Linux, probably just run from terminal. It'll walk you through each step then ask you to confirm at the end then it'll kick off.
<2021-12-03T20:57:42.000Z> jimmyrustles: I actually never used GitLab
<2021-12-03T20:58:13.000Z> jimmyrustles: nvm
<2021-12-03T20:58:16.000Z> jimmyrustles: theres an exe
<2021-12-03T20:59:12.000Z> jimmyrustles: yeah I dont not know how to do this the exe doesnt run
<2021-12-03T20:59:31.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Does it do like a terminal flash?
<2021-12-03T20:59:58.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Might need to open it form command line
<2021-12-03T21:00:17.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: It's been so long since Ive run it form windows that I cant remember offhand let me check
<2021-12-03T21:00:42.000Z> jimmyrustles: I think im doing it wrong
<2021-12-03T21:01:04.000Z> jimmyrustles: ok I got the zip file
<2021-12-03T21:01:27.000Z> jimmyrustles: cannot find the instructions
<2021-12-03T21:02:10.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Ah. It's probably a .net framework thing. I bet it needs a version of dotnet SDK.
<2021-12-03T21:02:41.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: This thing: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-aspnetcore-5.0.12-windows-x64-installer
<2021-12-03T21:03:07.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Wait no thats asp
<2021-12-03T21:03:42.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: this should be the one for consoel apps: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-5.0.12-windows-x64-installer
<2021-12-03T21:10:11.000Z> jimmyrustles: what exactly is this for
<2021-12-03T21:10:56.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: It's a runtime that the application uses. dotnet core 5.0 is specifically what the app is run in.
<2021-12-03T21:11:32.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: If you look in your add or remove programs list you probably have a few different entries of .net framework already from things like video games.
<2021-12-03T21:12:20.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: most applications install them automatically so most people never notice. I forgot to bundle it just because I already have it on my machine
<2021-12-03T21:14:36.000Z> jimmyrustles: I dont know anything about this
<2021-12-03T21:14:48.000Z> jimmyrustles: so you'd basically have to explain it to me like an actual retard
<2021-12-03T21:15:32.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: :blobidk: it's a common language that applications can use to talk to windows.
<2021-12-03T21:15:45.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Thats about as low level as I can go.
<2021-12-03T21:16:05.000Z> jimmyrustles: so you need to install .NET to get this thing working correct
<2021-12-03T21:16:49.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: In theory yes, I'm not sure what your system has set up, but I'm pretty sure this is all you would need.
<2021-12-03T21:17:36.000Z> jimmyrustles: Its WIN7
<2021-12-03T21:17:52.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: 32 or 63 bit?
<2021-12-03T21:17:57.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: 64*
<2021-12-03T21:18:51.000Z> jimmyrustles: 64
<2021-12-03T21:19:13.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Then in theory once you have the runtime, it should, well, run lol
<2021-12-03T21:20:26.000Z> jimmyrustles: oh
<2021-12-03T21:20:29.000Z> jimmyrustles: yeah it works now
<2021-12-03T21:21:01.000Z> jimmyrustles: so I guess you just put my URL and we're ready
<2021-12-03T21:21:01.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Awesome. I figured it was something simple
<2021-12-03T21:21:53.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Yeah. so like poa.st
<2021-12-03T21:22:06.000Z> jimmyrustles: pretty much and I guess it just fucking wipes it all out
<2021-12-03T21:23:27.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Yeah. The only option that's sort of odd is the Ignore statuses which has an interaction filter on it by default. You can just set this to a number if you don't want to save popular statuses
<2021-12-03T21:23:48.000Z> jimmyrustles: I dont think Poast has a status
<2021-12-03T21:24:53.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Statuses are posts, reposts, toots, whatever the server calls them
<2021-12-03T21:25:01.000Z> jimmyrustles: oh that
<2021-12-03T21:25:07.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: I gotta go for a bit. Have fun
<2021-12-03T21:25:09.000Z> jimmyrustles: no i dont give a fuck about that 
<2021-12-03T21:25:17.000Z> jimmyrustles: yeah I'll do this by the end of the year
<2021-12-31T23:42:19.000Z> jimmyrustles: Alright
<2021-12-31T23:42:30.000Z> jimmyrustles: Im doing the deletion today to measure what happens in a year
<2021-12-31T23:42:56.000Z> jimmyrustles: this will be a live experiment to see if the deletion does go through with every instance
<2022-01-01T01:04:07.000Z> jimmyrustles: I managed to delete most of my 2k posts
<2022-01-01T01:04:17.000Z> jimmyrustles: problem is that it wont delete the remaining 280
<2022-01-01T01:04:22.000Z> jimmyrustles: I dont know why that is
<2022-01-01T02:34:50.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Those might be private posts. I'm not sure why it doesn't grab those yet
<2022-01-01T02:35:18.000Z> jimmyrustles: cant be because its random
<2022-01-01T02:35:36.000Z> jimmyrustles: i got an error also
<2022-01-01T02:35:50.000Z> jimmyrustles: but I closed it and the error prevented me from seeing what happened
<2022-01-01T02:39:01.000Z> jimmyrustles: does it even matter if I manually delete it than using ur script
<2022-01-01T13:51:58.000Z> TheHermitShrimp@shitposter.club: Deletes are deletes either way.
<2022-01-01T18:51:28.000Z> jimmyrustles: cleared it time to see what happens in a year if Mastodon deletes them