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1. Greg Pak (gregpak@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 15:39:35 UTC Greg Pak

   It's still so complicated to see people's entire following lists and follow folks from different instances. Feels like it's probably one of the big obstacles to folks actually using Mastodon even after they've set up their accounts. I'm sure many smart people are working on this... anyone know if any of the new clients/apps address this?

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 15:39:35 UTC Robert McNees

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     @gregpak Using Ivory, if I search for @user without @instance.xyz attached, it often turns up the account I'm looking for, even if we aren’t on the same instance. For instance, I'm on mastodon.social and a search I just ran returned an account on hachyderm.io.

     Idk how far-reaching this is – maybe it just queries some of the major instances? Or maybe users that have appeared in the local or federated timelines.

   • Greg Pak (gregpak@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 15:48:30 UTC Greg Pak

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     @mcnees @user I should check Ivory again and see what it's doing on my end. I'm using Elk on my laptop and it only shows accounts from my instance, with a note at the bottom saying to go to the original account to see the rest. :-(

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 15:51:27 UTC Robert McNees

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     @gregpak If you're on a Mac there is now an Ivory desktop client and its great. I've closed all the mastodon tabs in my browser.

   • Greg Pak (gregpak@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 15:57:00 UTC Greg Pak

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     @mcnees Well, I'm gonna have to check that out, thanks!