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@julian

>Contexts can provide a thorough, comprehensive way to backfill an entire conversation. This is the biggest step we can take towards tackling the “fediverse is quiet” problem.

Sure, context is useful for backfilling, but is it the biggest step? I don't think so.

With FEP-1b12 or Containers, conversations are synced by default, so there is no need for backfilling. This is more efficient too: you don't need to retrieve context periodically to get an up-to-date view.

@scott @trwnh @julian I am also in favor of thread but other implementers have settled on context. Can easily support both if you want to use thread in your project

@pfefferle You may want to read the previous version of FEP-7888, which says that context should resolve to a collection:

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/commit/6db51e4893e32c603a93a7570d3db4e412f0a8c2/fep/7888/fep-7888.md

This is what various projects have implemented so far.

The FEP was changed several days ago and now it is a very different document. The recommendation to use collection is no longer present, so I don't see any reason to refer to this FEP anymore.

@julian