One of the nicest community features on medium and small servers is the Local timeline, which shows all public posts by people on that server.
You can see this on Mastodon's website interface by clicking "Local", or on the official Mastodon app by clicking the magnifying glass 🔍 and then "Community".
If you want to see the Local timeline of other servers, you can usually go to their website and click "Local". Also some apps support viewing them, such as Fedilab, Subway Tooter and Ice Cubes.
@feditips The Hometown fork also allows users to post local-only (via an extra option in the web interface or by including a custom emoji), allowing for discussions only visible on the server.
This also works in tandem with the regular visibility options, so (for example) you could make a post that only your followers on the same server can see.
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Yes, that's why I want to change my account to another instance. Maybe an open source or AI focused. My problem is that I don't know how to find that kind of instance.
The original release of the official app didn't even have the Local timeline! Gargron thought it was pointless. It was only because so many people complained that they eventuallyadded it to the official app as the "Community" tab.
It's part of the reason third party apps are better, they are thinking more about what the user wants.
If you're on Android I would recommend switching to Tusky or Fedilab, if you're on iOS I'd recommend Toot! or Ice Cubes.
@feditips Tusky is alright. Some visual dislikes, but on the whole, better. Tho I usually use uMastonauts on UbuntuTouch (which is basicly use the website, which I prefer over them all).
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It seems like a very nice feature of the fediverse to be able to switch between the federated content and the local instance content. Especially for users on more specialised instances about fx. art.
The new app, @radiant also supports the local timeline.
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