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FEDERATED TIMELINE QUESTION
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the federated timeline : the toots from people who are followed by you and other users of your instance
according to Shel Holtz (1)
Is this accurate or not ?
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(1) http://holtz.com/blog/blog/mastodon-here-to-stay-or-doa/4753/%C2%A0
Thanks for the detailed answer with reference and all...
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@jansegers Accurate:
"The Federated Timeline shows all public posts from all users "known" to your instance. This means the user is either on the same instance as you, or somebody on your instance follows that user."
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md#the-federated-timeline