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Cruising the Cut@feditips Excellent guide. I'm baffled why I can't search for people by name, is that deliberate? And with one friend, I'm even typing their full Mastodon account into search and they don't come up, help!!
kateyay@cruisingthecut try typing their full account name in, like @cruisingthecut and you should be able to find. Many larger instances are slow at the moment as there are so many new people leaving Twitter! It will get better though. Good luck and welcome!
@kateyay That's what I did, including their server. No joy.
@cruisingthecut that's a little odd. Have you tried on an app? Search seems to work better for me on a non-native one like Tusky or Tooot. Or- perhaps ask them to share a link to their profile or recreate it for yourself? Eg your page is https://mastodonapp.uk/@cruisingthecut - this should work for them too, https://server/@username
@kateyay It really shouldn't be that hard, that's my point.
NorfolkGregWell, I hadn't found you just because you don't toot.
Then suddenly my server adds a scrolling #WhoToFollow" feature and you crop up.
As has been suggested you joined at a time of very heavy load on all Mastodon servers, which can't have helped you.
But, it's true there are surprisingly few #uk #canal enthusiasts on Mastodon and most post rarely - and that includes me.
https://gregafloat.org.uk/canals/index.php
There's lots more of my boating going back to the late 1950s on the site.