I'm still flabergasted by the fediverse sometimes. I search for libreoffice in my mastodon client and one of the results is "libreoffice@lemmy.ml" and even a peertube instance.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If the mastodon instance you are on doesn’t know about LibreOffice’s account, then it won’t show. You will have to search for their handle/username like this: @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

This is mostly a problem on smaller instances. The bigger an instance is, the more connections to other instances it has.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh thanks, but I did find the correct account. Just also thing I wouldn't expect, like lemmy. But in hindsight it's obvious because of how the fediverse works. It was just a fun reminder of how cool the concept of federlization is.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 day ago

Ah okay. Then I simply misunderstood you.

It is indeed very cool how the Fediverse works. Everything is connected in one way or another other.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have to understand that federation doesn't happen instantly. Your server has to sync with the other instances before you can find the account you're looking for.

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stuff like this is why Bluesky is more popular than Mastodon. We need to find a way to fix these little quirks if we are serious about growing the fediverse

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not always... making things too convenient brought us where we are today: a lot of people are stupid and don't understand simple things. Call me old school, but I prefer to have things move slower and make people try to understang how technologies work, not feed them everything directly!

[–] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

I like learning new tech too, but if we’re being realistic then we have to admit that the fediverse will not grow unless we spoon feed it to people. Maybe we don’t want it to grow that much. That’s a conversation we could have. But we should acknowledge that there are tradeoffs here