This has been very illuminating, thank you!

When you follow hashtags do they bring people from other instances to your feed? Or does the search only fetch things from your own instance?

Edit: spelling

Not to advertise or anything, since I’ve still not grown accustomed to it, but I downloaded an app called mammoth the other day and it seems to have a for you page which makes it kinda easier to follow stuff. Also makes up for the mute filters I’ve set up not working on any app.