In a perfect world, I would have one account, I could follow everyone, and everyone could follow me.

The Fediverse is not in a perfect world.

Admin1 does not like Admin2, but I want to follow User1 and User2, who have nothing to do with their drama. And User3 and User4 want to follow me, who also have nothing to do with their drama.

Likewise, despite being a good boy and following all my site rules, your site rules, and everyone else's site rules, Admin3 doesn't like me. So now User5 has to be creative to follow me, and I have to be more creative for User6.

This is the fragmentation of the Fediverse. It is annoying, but there is not much a single user can do about it. It is, however, why apps like FediLabs exist and allow you to use multiple accounts in a single app.

Let that sink in. Enough people have been annoyed by this nonsense that they have dedicated their free time just to develop and support apps to overcome the fragmentation.

If you have never heard of the apps, I suggest you look into them: @apps

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