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@@ -583,6 +583,27 @@ to pass the remote connection address in the .Ic X-Forwarded-For HTTP header (unless you use the FastCGI interface; if that's the case, you don't have to do anything). +.Pp +.Ss Subscribing to Fediverse Relays +Since version 2.69, a +.Nm +instance can subscribe to LitePub (Pleroma-style) Fediverse Relays. Doing this improves +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 +.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. +.Pp +Example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +snac adduser $SNAC_BASEDIR relay # only needed once +snac follow $SNAC_BASEDIR relay https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com/actor +.Ed +.Pp +Lowering the data retention time for this special user is recommended, as the amount of +received posts can be big. .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ev DEBUG |