@feditips In the long run, Mastodon really needs (1) A front end that enables new users to identify interests then signs them up to the relevant server behind the scenes; (2) Replace developer-centric "Home", "Local", "Federated" with labels that are clear to users; (3) mandate warning time before a server is taken down and provide one-click way to migrate to new server.

@feditips That's a weakness. If users want to see everything posted by an account they follow, they should not need to find that account's profile page and go looking.

Especially for time sensitive matters and events. If I follow someone specifically to see their posts about a news event, I want to see them in my timeline, along with posts from the other accounts I follow for the same reason.