I’ve set up a couple of single-user instances of fediverse apps (Mastodon, Lemmy). With Lemmy, I can post/comment to any community/thread I want that is federated, but I can’t seem to do that with Mastodon.

With that being the case, how does the content I post on Mastodon get shown to people on other instances (I know replying works differently). I feel like any top-level post I make on my instance is basically like shouting into the void, correct?

Also, if I were to set up a Pixelfed instance, would I have the same problem where my content doesn’t get shown to anyone (except those that follow me?)

  • Thoralf Will@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Actually, that’s not true.

    I run a single user Calckey instance (@thoralf@ck.umrath.net, moved from a single user Mastodon instance) and it works just fine. The only difference: The local timeline is just me.

    But other than that, it works perfectly fine.

    • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think that this contradicts my statement.

      Many people end up on tiny servers or spin up their own server and wonder why there is nothing or only a tiny amount of content in the federated timeline. If you already expected this, good.

      • Thoralf Will@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        The content is also no problem:

        1. follow people
        2. add relays

        Both will fill the global timeline quite nicely.