To have a viral post on Mastodon is to be confronted with a long series of people asking the exact same question or providing the same “well actually” response, for days, because of the limits of federation. They simply can’t see those other replies. Sometimes they see *no* ofher replies, if they’re on a tiny server.
The experience isn’t great! As with customer service, it can be hard to remember that this isn’t actually the same person over and over again.
@waldoj so if I click a post I'm not seeing all the replies across the federation? 🤦‍♂️
@mzagaja You are not!
What I usually do is update the main post -- if necessary, in all caps, before the original message -- to reflect any change in status (as in "I found the info I was looking for").
Also, usually people can see the responses if they go looking for them, but the UI doesn't give any hint that there are replies until you click on it, and a lot of people (myself often included) forget to check.
@quirk I believe it's part of the standard now, so hopefully everyone will catch up soon. (I believe it's been in place since late 2022...)