Arin Basu on Nostr: I think you and I are talking about different things. I agree that I can follow ...
I think you and I are talking about different things. I agree that I can follow anyone on the #Fediverse from any account (as long as I know their address or can search them), I can follow any topic/hashtag, etc I want, I can pull in any RSS feed.
But if I am on instance X, I cannot post on instance Y _from_ instance X having been logged in there; I can at mention a user and any post I make from at instance X will show up on instance Y feed for a user who either traverses the global timeline or as a follower, but those are different things.
_Within_ an instance, in order to participate in discussions or discover _new contents_, I will still need to log in to that particular instance. There is no other way.
In the attached image, I have shown you a #Mastodon instance `qoto.org`. If I use the posting box there, I can only post to qoto.org. Whatever I post there will show up on my timeline in another instance alright, but as `user@qoto.org`, if I have to post something, then I will need to _either_ visit that site on a browser or log in as that user on an app (e.g. Tusky or whatever). Once I am _inside_ the app, I can discover new contents and all that.
Other than that, indeed, for following individuals or topics etc, one does not need to _visit_ an instance. But to _read_ contents _within_ an instance that goes beyond following individuals or topics, there is a need to visit individual instances to be kept up (say following conversations and discussions in press.coop, you need to visit or create an account there, because following random accounts with `press.coop` will not work.
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But if I am on instance X, I cannot post on instance Y _from_ instance X having been logged in there; I can at mention a user and any post I make from at instance X will show up on instance Y feed for a user who either traverses the global timeline or as a follower, but those are different things.
_Within_ an instance, in order to participate in discussions or discover _new contents_, I will still need to log in to that particular instance. There is no other way.
In the attached image, I have shown you a #Mastodon instance `qoto.org`. If I use the posting box there, I can only post to qoto.org. Whatever I post there will show up on my timeline in another instance alright, but as `user@qoto.org`, if I have to post something, then I will need to _either_ visit that site on a browser or log in as that user on an app (e.g. Tusky or whatever). Once I am _inside_ the app, I can discover new contents and all that.
Other than that, indeed, for following individuals or topics etc, one does not need to _visit_ an instance. But to _read_ contents _within_ an instance that goes beyond following individuals or topics, there is a need to visit individual instances to be kept up (say following conversations and discussions in press.coop, you need to visit or create an account there, because following random accounts with `press.coop` will not work.
