this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2024
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So does that mean that it's unusable to host an instance on mastodon just for yourself?
Not at all. You can still search and see everything that you federate with, but posts, likes, etc. will not populate on your server automatically unless you follow them. Otherwise, the entire fediverse would have to populate every minute on your personal server. I don't know how Lemmy handles that.
You also have to subscribe to communities to get their content.
That depends on what you want your experience to be. I run a teeny instance, don't give a shit about a Twitter-like experience, and am happy getting content only from my direct follows. It's great!
If you're expecting a deluge of bullshit from randos, definitely go register at one of the big ones instead!