**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 05, 2017, 19:28

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 05, 2017, 19:28

kɜ:ʳ @chr

INTRO TO FEDERATION:

1. "mastodon" is a piece of software that runs on a server. There's a lot of servers that run it & u can follow ppl on other servers.

2. When u follow someone from another server, your server receives their toots.

3. The federated TL is all public toots that the server receives, ie all of the toots from everyone that ppl on your server follow.

4. ERGO: if u want to see more toots in the fed TL, follow + get other ppl on your server to follow ppl from other servers!

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 05, 2017, 21:25

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 05, 2017, 21:25

@chr - I was just trying to find someone from the mastodon.social/ server using their handle, but they don't show up in search results. Does search work across servers?

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · 2017-04-05T21:26:03Z

kɜ:ʳ @chr

@gideonro if you know the exact handle, you can search for that and it'll bring up their profile on your server. fuzzy matching only works for local accounts

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**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 05, 2017, 21:41

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 05, 2017, 21:41

@chr - got it. Tks. Just taking a little while to get used to the way things work here.

**kayenne** @riking@social.wxcafe.net · Apr 06, 2017, 02:05

**kayenne** @riking@social.wxcafe.net · Apr 06, 2017, 02:05

@chr @gideonro I think it actually works for all accounts already known to the server. So you won't see impersonation accounts until someone else on the server follows them

**it's B! Cavello 🐝** @b_cavello@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2017, 03:23

**it's B! Cavello 🐝** @b_cavello@mastodon.social · Apr 06, 2017, 03:23

@chr @gideonro I've been able to look people up across servers

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 06, 2017, 03:24

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 06, 2017, 03:24

@b_cavello @gideonro yeah i found out a bit later that it works for anyone that your server has brought in for other reasons

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 06, 2017, 03:30

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 06, 2017, 03:30

@chr Are you sure that that is required? I found someone who hadn't even yet posted anything. I did include his server address though...

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 06, 2017, 03:30

**kɜ:ʳ** @chr · Apr 06, 2017, 03:30

@gideonro sometimes people are brought into masto instances without any of their posts having been brought in, i haven't figured out why yet

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 06, 2017, 03:28

**Gideon Rosenblatt 👁** @gideonro@mastodon.technology · Apr 06, 2017, 03:28

@b_cavello Yeah, me too. I just didn't initially know I had to include the server address.