When you follow someone on Mastodon, you will see their replies in your Home timeline only if:

- They mention you

OR

- They mention someone else you follow

OR

- They are replying to themselves to build a thread

This applies to replies with public, unlisted or followers-only visibilities.

However, you can browse all their replies (including replies to people you don't follow) by going to their profile page and clicking on the "Posts & Replies" tab.

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Glitch

@feditips does it count as someone boosting their reply if they themselves boost it, for these purposes?

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Corb_The_Lesser

@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.

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Brownian_motion

@feditips Thanks! Now I understand why I’m not seeing people. Sounds like to I need to make a list of everyone I follow if I want to actually see what they’re saying.

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