BARONET ISAAC GARCIA
what is a Federated Timeline?
Apr 10, 2017 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadinmysocks Of Doom, Naked KSCApr 10, 2017
@isaacgarcia you are on one instance (server) of mastodon, there are many others, the local timeline is just the people who are on the same instance you are, the federated timeline is people from other instances. It isn't everyone, just people that someone on your instance follows.
Show threadBARONET ISAAC GARCIAApr 10, 2017
@inmysocks
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Show threadDominic DuffinApr 10, 2017
@inmysocks @isaacgarcia That's interesting - so if no-one on my instance has followed someone on a particular other instance then my instance doesn't know of its existence.
Show threadinmysocks Of Doom, Naked KSCApr 10, 2017

@dominicduffin1 @isaacgarcia yeah, pretty much. There could be better tools for finding people on other instances, but it works pretty well.

Mastodon is derived from GNU Social which has been around for about a decade, so there is an existing culture that works but it takes more active engagement than something like twitter.

Show threadAlgot (Still)Apr 10, 2017
@isaacgarcia posts (toots) from users on the connected Mastodon servers, not just mastodon.cloud
Show threadMichael M ✅Apr 10, 2017
@isaacgarcia A column listing Toot's from the local instance, as well as other connected instances.
Show threadBARONET ISAAC GARCIAApr 10, 2017
@mmcdex thx....i'm on mastadon.cloud so I'll be abe to see Toots from other linked instances, right?
Show threadAlgot (Still)Apr 10, 2017
@isaacgarcia right
Show threadGustavo RamosApr 10, 2017
@isaacgarcia all instances together