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The original was posted on /r/fediverse by /u/talixsims on 2023-07-26 05:02:37+00:00.

I’m new to fediverse so forgive me, but why do some users from other instances show up for me and others don’t? I can see some users, for example, from misskey.io but not others and if I navigate to certain users (that I know exist) in my instance manually it tells me there’s nothing there. And they don’t show up in the search. The servers aren’t blocked or restricted from each other. Why does this happen? I’m excited about the prospect of fediverse, but it doesn’t feel as interconnected with other servers as I hoped it would. I want to be able to find and follow other people who post things I care about no matter their server.