This! I couldn't really figure out what bothered me so much about Mastodon and it's exactly what you explain in this comment. I wish the local instance wouldn't

This! I couldn't really figure out what bothered me so much about Mastodon and it's exactly what you explain in this comment. I wish the local instance wouldn't matter as much as it does, which would also pave the way for single-user self-hosted instances, for people who want to access the fediverse on their own terms.