add config toggle for bidirectional-mention-edges

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - Add support for logging in via an ActivityPub direct message to the instance admin.
+- Added option to hide edges between instances if there are only mentions in one direction (off by default).
 
 ### Changed
 
 - Edges are no longer shown between instances where one blocks the other (based on the federation list in nodeinfo).
-- Edges are only shown between timeline-crawlable instance types (Mastodon, Pleroma, Gab, Misskey, and GNU Social)
-  if there's a mention in each direction. This is to avoid edges between instances where one blocks the other.
 
 ### Deprecated
 

backend/config/config.exs

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config :backend, :crawler,
     "pleroma.online"
   ],
   user_agent: "fediverse.space crawler",
+  require_bidirectional_mentions: false,
   admin_phone: System.get_env("ADMIN_PHONE"),
   twilio_phone: System.get_env("TWILIO_PHONE"),
   admin_email: System.get_env("ADMIN_EMAIL")

backend/lib/backend/scheduler.ex

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ defmodule Backend.Scheduler do
 
   # Returns true if
   # * there's no federation block in either direction between the two instances
-  # * there are mentions in both directions
+  # * there are mentions in both directions (if enabled in configuration)
   defp is_eligible_interaction?(
          %{
            source_domain: source,
@@ -322,8 +322,11 @@ defmodule Backend.Scheduler do
        ) do
     mentions_were_seen = mention_count > 0
 
+    # If :require_bidirectional_edges is set to `true` in the config, then an edge is only created if both instances
+    # have mentioned each other
     opposite_mention_exists =
-      if is_timeline_crawlable_type?(source_type) and is_timeline_crawlable_type?(target_type) do
+      if get_config(:require_bidirectional_mentions) and is_timeline_crawlable_type?(source_type) and
+           is_timeline_crawlable_type?(target_type) do
         Map.has_key?(mention_directions, {target, source}) and
           Map.get(mention_directions, {target, source}) > 0
       else