I’ve set up a couple of single-user instances of fediverse apps (Mastodon, Lemmy). With Lemmy, I can post/comment to any community/thread I want that is federated, but I can’t seem to do that with Mastodon.
With that being the case, how does the content I post on Mastodon get shown to people on other instances (I know replying works differently). I feel like any top-level post I make on my instance is basically like shouting into the void, correct?
Also, if I were to set up a Pixelfed instance, would I have the same problem where my content doesn’t get shown to anyone (except those that follow me?)
Yep, although I genuinely don’t know how it handles any posts with a lower-than-Public privacy. I believe it only forwards Public posts.
So since bfd.so is joined to the same relay as my instance, even though it’s a single-user instance and that user doesn’t follow me, my own profile can be searched and found there, with public posts already visible on my profile.
Damn that’s so cool! Public posts are enough!