I’ve set up a couple of single-user instances of fediverse apps (Mastodon, Lemmy). With Lemmy, I can post/comment to any community/thread I want that is federated, but I can’t seem to do that with Mastodon.

With that being the case, how does the content I post on Mastodon get shown to people on other instances (I know replying works differently). I feel like any top-level post I make on my instance is basically like shouting into the void, correct?

Also, if I were to set up a Pixelfed instance, would I have the same problem where my content doesn’t get shown to anyone (except those that follow me?)

  • sexy_peach@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Expanded reach for users as posts are sent to all participants in subscribed relays

    Is that true? Makes sense that if I subscribe it would also send, but for some reason I always thought it was just drawing in content.

    • hybrid havoc@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yep, although I genuinely don’t know how it handles any posts with a lower-than-Public privacy. I believe it only forwards Public posts.

      So since bfd.so is joined to the same relay as my instance, even though it’s a single-user instance and that user doesn’t follow me, my own profile can be searched and found there, with public posts already visible on my profile.