JT

@leo The biggest issue with deciding where to join Mastodon is access to the local timeline - the server/instance firehouse.

Currently, there is no method by which one can look at the local timelines for other instances (servers), but since each instance is formed around common interests, those timelines can provide a nice source of curated content… which on Mastodon, might be the only content you have to look at while looking for others to follow.

It’s a huge “growth” feature that’s missing.

Nov 2, 2022 at 9:38pmWeb
Show threadChief TWiT Nov 2, 2022
That's a great point @JT - let's put in a feature request!
Show threadRich BNov 3, 2022
@JT @leo Based on this GitHub issue, Eugen does not think the federated and local/instance timelines are useful any more. So I wouldn’t count on any new features in that area. 🙁 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/221
View Local and Fediverse instance timelines · Issue #221 · mastodon/mastodon-ios

Add the ability to see the local instance and fediverse timelines via more buttons on the bottom

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Show threadJTNov 3, 2022

@richb @leo He’s wrong on that, and shutting down the thread is not it, as the emoji shows.

I know that the only times I’ve found Mastodon interesting enough to hang around and interact with people I’d like to get to know are when I browsed the local timelines on, eg. InfoSec.Exchange.

IMHO perhaps @Gargron is too focused on his Mastodon.social to see that the local timeline of other instances can be both great and essential to finding people to follow.

Show threadAdam HorneNov 3, 2022

@JT @leo 💯 It's a fine line between niche content servers being too slow and not having a sense of momentum and big general servers being unfocused.

I think lots of people will join multiple servers and see which one sticks for them.

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