I made a flow chart of which Mastodon posts end up in which timelines!
So, you can see how each instance will have a different local timeline, and even a slightly different federated timeline - and you can see why the federated timeline moves so much faster than the local one, too.
@cassolotl there's also the fact that people you follows replies to people you don't follow doesn't show up in your home timeline, which is kind of annoying imo
@a_breakin_glass Oh yeah, someone else mentioned that, but I think it is probably not very helpful to try and include it in this overview diagram thing - it's complicated enough as it is!
@cassolotl I'm just furiously wishing that that wasn't the case
@a_breakin_glass Ohh, what's your objection to that?
I feel like tenuously-connected toots sneaking into the federated timelines and being seen by people who might otherwise not see them might be good? And if the toot is getting replied to it is probably not the Worst Toot Ever... But I don't really know, there might be reasons I've not yet considered!
@cassolotl I feel like I might miss an interesting conversation or something
@a_breakin_glass Ohhh okay!