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INTRO TO FEDERATION:
1. "mastodon" is a piece of software that runs on a server. There's a lot of servers that run it & u can follow ppl on other servers.
2. When u follow someone from another server, your server receives their toots.
3. The federated TL is all public toots that the server receives, ie all of the toots from everyone that ppl on your server follow.
4. ERGO: if u want to see more toots in the fed TL, follow + get other ppl on your server to follow ppl from other servers!
@chr That also means there'll be a sizeable natural monopoly effect. Users who have followers from other instances and have their posts shown outside their own instance, will they'll gain more followers across instances will only increase, perpetuating their privileged status. Unless measures are taken otherwise, a few users will have a lot more influence over this social network than others, especially after the 'canonical' or 'original' instance is no longer taking sign ups.
