Thoughtful critique of Mastodon.
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Thoughtful critique of Mastodon. Discusses my main gripe, that it's hard to assess whether to follow somebody. A person's bio might sound fascinating but there are usually zero posts displayed for me to see to confirm. So I end up not following new people, and meanwhile vast majority of the people I do follow (biologists, largely) have stopped posting. #mastodon #ActivityPub #fediverse #bluesky #twitter https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview
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Thoughtful critique of Mastodon. Discusses my main gripe, that it's hard to assess whether to follow somebody. A person's bio might sound fascinating but there are usually zero posts displayed for me to see to confirm. So I end up not following new people, and meanwhile vast majority of the people I do follow (biologists, largely) have stopped posting. #mastodon #ActivityPub #fediverse #bluesky #twitter https://v.cx/2025/04/mastodon-exit-interview
The reason you may see zero posts is that you are only seeing the 'local' version of the profile and you have not followed them yet.
Click the three dots next to the Follow button, then Open Original Page to see all the user's posts.
Yes, it's confusing, but one of the characteristics of real decentralization.
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The reason you may see zero posts is that you are only seeing the 'local' version of the profile and you have not followed them yet.
Click the three dots next to the Follow button, then Open Original Page to see all the user's posts.
Yes, it's confusing, but one of the characteristics of real decentralization.
@[email protected] while this is a known workaround, I don't think it's a tenable long-term solution.
You can have "real decentralization" without the quirks, too.
