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Single-User instances on the Fediverse? (lemmy.cloudhub.social)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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?)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Actually, that’s not true.

I run a single user Calckey instance (@[email protected], moved from a single user Mastodon instance) and it works just fine. The only difference: The local timeline is just me.

But other than that, it works perfectly fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Which part specifically is not true?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think that this contradicts my statement.

Many people end up on tiny servers or spin up their own server and wonder why there is nothing or only a tiny amount of content in the federated timeline. If you already expected this, good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The content is also no problem:

  1. follow people
  2. add relays

Both will fill the global timeline quite nicely.