Mastodon Federation

When you follow a user on another Mastodon server, their display name, bio, and avatar may become outdated on your local instance. This happens because Mastodon caches remote profile data to reduce server load and speed up timeline loading. A stale profile shows old information even after the remote user has updated their details. This … Read more

When you boost a post from another Mastodon instance, your followers see it in their Home timeline. But when you reply to a cross-instance post, the reply may not reach all followers. This difference confuses many users because both actions seem similar: you engage with content from a different server. The visibility rules for boosts … Read more