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Something I've not noticed while using the fediverse that isn't touched on in the article is the role of what I'll call "middle ground" instances and communities. You might be on instance A and visit a community on instance B. Someone from instance C is also visiting the community on instance B. If no one from instance A searched for any communities on instance C, and likewise for the reverse, users on the 2 instances might not see each other anymore even if the instances are federated.
I use lemmy from lemmygrad and see accounts from instances that I might not think to search for had I not already come across them.