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> am not able to see the followers of my friends on different servers, so I guess it does matter to pick a popular one If you go to their profile page, you can

> am not able to see the followers of my friends on different servers, so I guess it does matter to pick a popular one If you go to their profile page, you can — it's just your view of them on your server that doesn't show the list of followers. Yes, that's clunky, but at least there's a workaround. I'm pleasantly surprised so far, although I haven't gone all in yet. The web interface and general experience isn't significantly different from twitter, and the decentralised concept seems really nice once you 'get' it. I'm planning on switching server at some point, to a more 'focussed' one, so that will be the next big test.

Waterluvian 4y ago
Thanks for the tip but I can’t make it work. In the iOS app, I tap their profile photo to get a profile screen that looks a lot like Twitter. If I click on Following or Followers, it says “followers from other servers are not displayed.” Is there a different profile page I have to find my way to? I don’t see any way to from the app.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
  Yeah, I think this is a mobile/desktop thing. On the web app, below that message, I get a link to view that person's profile on their server, and I can then see the info you're looking for. You might be able to do the same on mobile by copying their sever address, which you might have to reassemble from their username — all sounds much fiddlier, though!
- cesarb 4y ago
  > In the iOS app, I have seen several people saying that the experience in the "official" phone client (both the iOS one and the Android one) is not very good. I have also seen someone recommending opening the web site directly in the phone browser and installing it as a PWA, though I haven't tried that yet.
xigoi 4y ago
> If you go to their profile page, you can — it's just your view of them on your server that doesn't show the list of followers. Yes, that's clunky, but at least there's a workaround. But why does it have to be this way? Isn't the entire point of federation that different servers can interact seamlessly?
- oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
  No idea. I suppose if I had to guess, maybe it's more efficient that way? I suppose looking at someone else's follower list isn't the most common use case.
  - cpeterso 4y ago
    This could be fixed on the client: when the user opens an account’s follower list, ask the account’s server for the list.

Waterluvian 4y ago

Thanks for the tip but I can’t make it work. In the iOS app, I tap their profile photo to get a profile screen that looks a lot like Twitter. If I click on Following or Followers, it says “followers from other servers are not displayed.” Is there a different profile page I have to find my way to? I don’t see any way to from the app.

oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
Yeah, I think this is a mobile/desktop thing. On the web app, below that message, I get a link to view that person's profile on their server, and I can then see the info you're looking for. You might be able to do the same on mobile by copying their sever address, which you might have to reassemble from their username — all sounds much fiddlier, though!
cesarb 4y ago
> In the iOS app, I have seen several people saying that the experience in the "official" phone client (both the iOS one and the Android one) is not very good. I have also seen someone recommending opening the web site directly in the phone browser and installing it as a PWA, though I haven't tried that yet.

xigoi 4y ago

> If you go to their profile page, you can — it's just your view of them on your server that doesn't show the list of followers. Yes, that's clunky, but at least there's a workaround. But why does it have to be this way? Isn't the entire point of federation that different servers can interact seamlessly?

oneeyedpigeon 4y ago
No idea. I suppose if I had to guess, maybe it's more efficient that way? I suppose looking at someone else's follower list isn't the most common use case.
- cpeterso 4y ago
  This could be fixed on the client: when the user opens an account’s follower list, ask the account’s server for the list.