It's odd that when going "Why Masto is weird" people always gravitate towards the instance setup and not the local and federated timelines.
Because "Twitter but you read *everyone's* tweets" sounds .. horrible, so you'd expect people to focus on that. But it's barely mentioned.
@Doephin It is strange. Very strange. In my experience most people grappling with Masto are overly concerned that there are things going on they might be unable to see, more than they're worried about a firehose of toots.
Which feels... Backwards.