i think i'm going to have to run my own relay server to connect to a few other instances that seem cool
wait maybe i misunderstand how the federated timeline works. are you telling me that i can see things there from accounts i dont follow on instances, so long as i follow someone else on that instance...?
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because like, i thought that the only way it populated was either a relay which connected instances and published their collective stuff in the federated timeline, or like, if you follow someone that would show up on that timeline...
In fact right now you should just auto connect to a lot of different instances, even those you don't follow, because so many people are active on fedi rn - - so you'll see more and more on your Federated Timeline