JP:hot_pepper: :hot_pepper: Apr 5, 2017
Michael Selsky ✳️

One of the issues with only following people you see in your federated time line is that you aren't growing your instance's federation. There is possible growth if you are not in the other person's federation as you might end up being introduced to their instance.

The community needs to figure out a way to aid discovery outside of the federation.

Apr 5, 2017 at 9:22pmWeb
Show threadAbstrдコApr 5, 2017
@Selsky
Don't you just follow people in other instances to see their instance?
Show threadMichael Selsky ✳️Apr 5, 2017

@PoliticalVoyeur Federation only shows people on your instance and people that are followed by people on your instance.

If you're on instance A and no one follows you on instance B then instance B won't see your toots. However as soon as someone follows you on instance B you will show up in the federated timeline for the whole instance.

This can lead to the situation (and frequently does) where your toots can be seen by people you can't see.

Show threadHedgeMageApr 5, 2017
@Selsky I discover people through non-Masto sources, and through boosts from folks in my network, as well as the fed and local timelines. That seems to be keeping my feed fresh so far.
Show threadMichael Selsky ✳️Apr 5, 2017
@HedgeMage I'm not saying this is a problem now. I'm meeting tons of interesting people all over the fediverse. But it might be interesting to work on those non-Masto discovery sources.
Show threadccApr 5, 2017
@Selsky How about everyone just recommend cool people that they've found. Or we could do a Follow Friday sort of thing.
Show threadMichael Selsky ✳️Apr 5, 2017
@cc ¿Why not both?