this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2023
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@fediverse I’ve come to learn my federated timeline is only those followed by others on my instance. Is there a way I can explore the entire fediverse?

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[–] goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@TammyGentzel No. The closest you’re gonna get is a federated timeline on a big instance like Mastodon.social

But nothing has everything. By the very nature of the fediverse, it can’t.

[–] soflaadmin@sofla.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@goatsarah @TammyGentzel The mobile app @MonaApp allows you to explore other servers timelines, that might help you fill some gaps you’re feeling.

[–] oliver@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

tooot (the Chinese app with the third o) loads the comments from the instance of the author of the original post which is quite nice, but a little buggy. Fedilab (Android only) supports tabs for home timelines for different instances which is quite nice.

[–] timrichards@aus.social 1 points 2 years ago

@TammyGentzel @fediverse @ajsadauskas Beware, your head might explode. :)

[–] singpolyma@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why would you want this? If you want to see posts from someone, you can follow them.

@singpolyma If they are not connected to my instance in some way, I cannot see them. If I cannot see them, I cannot follow them. I would like to learn about people who are not connected to my instance. So, I asked if there is a way to do that.

[–] dragnucs@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

You can use a relay. That would give you more visibility on the fediverse but not the whole fediverse. It also consumes a whole lot of resources.

[–] promiscuity@slippy.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

@TammyGentzel@awscommunity.social @fediverse@lemmy.ml
https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/

It seems that the timeline is influenced by those that are being followed, and those that are following. Basically, you have to follow a lot. ​:akko_why:​