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You can't assume that when you mark a #post for #deletion that it will be #deleted across the #fediverse. Whether a post gets deleted on a remote #server is entirely up to that server.

I guarantee you there are organizations and individuals here on the Fediverse right now that are running their own #ActivityPub servers and are #archiving and #cataloging every post, and they are #ignoring any #Delete #requests.

Because when you mark a post for deletion, that's all you're doing. You're requesting the remote server to delete the post from its #database.

And nobody is required to do that.

(Though the vast majority of ActivityPub servers do.)

#FediTips

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/113669267720362794

An important update for #FediTree just dropped:

- New command: Reply with #delete to delete the generated tree.
- New command: Write "🎄" in your mention to force the bot to re-generate your tree for this year (otherwise it will ignore any mentions after the first).
- Usernames are now included in the alt text, to keep the post clean.
- Accounts with discoverability set to off will no longer appear in the FediTree.
- The bot will tell how many accounts didn't end up in your tree due to #nobot tag or discoverability setting.
- The bot will try to use the remote server API first, and warn that the result may be inaccurate if it couldn't.