> To find someone on Mastodon, I would either enter their nickname in the search bar (no need for the domain, it will search on all instances)
Nope, It will only show accounts followed by local accounts.
Mastodon doesn't do any kind of per server search, And your "federated feed" is basically accounts on other instances followed by local accounts.
This makes hosting a private Mastodon server, for personal or family use, incredibly hard as discovery is basically impossible.
This can be fixed by using Activity pub relays, but guess what? Mastodon's official servers don't use them, which are the servers that really matter.
Its a big part of why I'm hesitant to use Activitypub, as I believe discovery is a big part of modern social media, and Mastodon absolutely sucks at it.
This is coming from someone hosting his own Matrix server.
Nope, It will only show accounts followed by local accounts.
Mastodon doesn't do any kind of per server search, And your "federated feed" is basically accounts on other instances followed by local accounts.
This makes hosting a private Mastodon server, for personal or family use, incredibly hard as discovery is basically impossible.
This can be fixed by using Activity pub relays, but guess what? Mastodon's official servers don't use them, which are the servers that really matter.
Its a big part of why I'm hesitant to use Activitypub, as I believe discovery is a big part of modern social media, and Mastodon absolutely sucks at it.
This is coming from someone hosting his own Matrix server.