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   forrest (buru5@mstdn.games)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 09:56:03 JST forrest

   i'm thinking about making a single-user #mastodon instance (via masto.host) but have read some cautionary tales concerning limited post visible/reach due to the technicals of federation (this is the most-cited article: https://mull.net/mastodon).

   does anyone w/ experiencing running a single-user instance have any insight? is it really a "bad idea?" esp from the perspective of someone who is less interested in seeing "federated timelines" and more focused on follower interactions?

   #fediverse

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     forrest (buru5@mstdn.games)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 17:42:23 JST forrest

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     (layperson undrstndng) for anyone remotely interested, mastodon instances gather data (replies, user profiles, hashtag stuff, likes/reshares, etc.) from accounts you follow, and then your instance "absorbs" that data so that it's visible for other users on your instance; this is why an su instance can be problematic: a multi-user instance has many vectors to gather data, an su instance does not; this leads to things like no replies on posts, blank/small local timeline, blank profiles, etc.