PSA: if you see a remote toot and think "wow that is an amazing toot, why does it have 0 favs/boosts/replies"? It probably doesn't. It's just that nobody from this instance follows someone who fav'ed/boosted/replied to it.
One thing I found useful is to just eagerly follow people you see in the Federated timeline saying stuff you like. You can always unfollow/block later.
The Masto experience gets fleshed out the more you use an instance. Keep in mind toot.cafe is 4 days old. 😄
And yes, this means you might not be seeing the "full" data on a toot from across the whole Fediverse. My justification for this is:
1. Masto UI doesn't put emphasis on boosts/favs; you don't even see it in the list view. So no more prejudging a post based on how many of your friends approve/disapprove of it.
2. Every instance has its own culture, and some cultures are shockingly different. Maybe we don't need to know what the Nazi instances had to say in response to that toot. Just sayin'.
Nolan Lawson
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