That’s exactly why I don’t like Mastodon.
Comment on Mastodon handles lemmy communities a bit strangely, doesn't it?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt is definitely strange to be on a small server. I’ll be like, “wow! This post has 67 likes!” Meanwhile if I view it from a large server it will actually be 1.4k
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
So does that mean that it’s unusable to host an instance on mastodon just for yourself?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not at all. You can still search and see everything that you federate with, but posts, likes, etc. will not populate on your server automatically unless you follow them. Otherwise, the entire fediverse would have to populate every minute on your personal server. I don’t know how Lemmy handles that.
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
You also have to subscribe to communities to get their content.
shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 2 months ago
That depends on what you want your experience to be. I run a teeny instance, don’t give a shit about a Twitter-like experience, and am happy getting content only from my direct follows. It’s great!
If you’re expecting a deluge of bullshit from randos, definitely go register at one of the big ones instead!