@jronkain @MrHodl @nvk @jronkain @Ancap

That's the bummer part - if my "local" instance isn't the same as someone I follow in another instance, I don't get exposure to the same conversations. My "home" feed will show anything posted from people I follow from any instance. That's great / keep that...

But I think Mastodon needs to add a view feed that lets me see traffic from multiple instances that I want to participate in. Don't make me log in and out / force me to hop instances. etc. etc.

@jronkain @nvk @MrHodl @jronkain @Ancap

Yup, so right now it looks like if I want to see what's going on in NVK's instance, I'd need to fully bail out of my current "@Social" instance and log into his instead. You're really only able to engage in one instance at a time. Not a dealbreaker, just very silo'ed. And over time, if a user gets dug into their original instance, they're less and less likely to want to jump ship to a new one. (Instance lockin.)

@nvk @MrHodl @jronkain @Ancap

"federated" is just a firehose, I assume that's all instances.

"Local" - I'm assuming that's the current instance I'm logged in as

What I want it a "My Instances" feed.

@MrHodl @jronkain @Ancap

But that's just more confusion right? If things are split up into all these instances, it's impractical to set up accounts for each "mini tribe" you want to engage with... Right now I'm in the "social" instance. I want to check out @nvk also. but then what about MrHodl world, Joe Blow world, etc. etc. etc. - the whole sharding of instances seems like it'll lead to "death by silos".