Just a reminder that “Mastodon” is the software, not the specific service provider. Mastodon.sdf.org is different from, say, Mastodon.social even though they run the same software.

If you haven’t already, you should contact the admin for that instance with your concerns. The contact the site lists is mastodon@mastodon.sdf.org

I think this may be related to this bug.

The software I’m aware of is https://writefreely.org/

Good luck!

Good luck!

Which part specifically is not true?

Yep, although I genuinely don’t know how it handles any posts with a lower-than-Public privacy. I believe it only forwards Public posts.

So since bfd.so is joined to the same relay as my instance, even though it’s a single-user instance and that user doesn’t follow me, my own profile can be searched and found there, with public posts already visible on my profile.

Yes, your public posts will be delivered to the other instances in the relay(s). From there, anyone watching the Federated feed will see the posts. Also if your posts include hashtags then anybody searching for or following the hashtag should see your posts.

@sexy_peach@feddit.de does a great job of explaining things.

One thing I will add for single-user Mastodon instances: joining one or more relays can be helpful. You can find a list of relays here: https://relaylist.com/

I’ll also post the information on that page, because I think it bears being emphasized.

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Pros:

• Increased activity in the federated feed of your server
• Improved hashtag results for users
• Expanded reach for users as posts are sent to all participants in subscribed relays

Cons:

• Increased media storage requirements and cost
• Increased resource demands
• Cost and performance of smaller deployments may be negatively impacted
• Increased moderation responsibilities

Finally, the participants number does not directly correlate with the load adding a relay cause. It is best to review the servers participating to gauge activity. For instance, relays that have a few large, very active servers subscribed will impact your server’s resources more than relays that have numerous small servers subscribed.-----