Just joined out of curiosity (https://mstd.tokyo/@scott https://mstd.tokyo/@scott) and I'm pretty impressed by how smoothly things have gone... but I'm also a b

Just joined out of curiosity (https://mstd.tokyo/@scott https://mstd.tokyo/@scott) and I'm pretty impressed by how smoothly things have gone... but I'm also a bit disappointed by how it handles federation. If I try searching for tags or topics, I generally come up with zero results -- I'm never quite sure if it's because they don't exist on the instance I joined on or whether there just aren't enough users to have that tag/topic out there in the federation. Discoverability seems very, very low out of the box and that seems like the one thing that would keep me from staying on Mastodon. Another issue I ran into was that after I tooted a few times, I started wondering if I'd chosen a "bad" server (low activity) and started looking for ways to move my account to another server -- it feels like a waste to go and start up another account and leave my toots behind. :/ I really wish it were possible to just browse other instances' public feeds. For example, I'd love to see some stuff from mastodon.art, but I can't yet figure out a way to just browse over there short of making another account.