[kstrauser]

This saddens me, and I truly believe it's because Mastodon's author, Eugen, also runs the largest server, mastodon.social. Of course the local timeline there is utter chaos, basically like the Twitter firehose. That's absolutely not the case for topical servers, like ones that specialize in posts about cats, or a friend group, or a particular city. I don't think Eugen opposes the idea out of malice, because he seems like a pretty good guy. I think he just has a particularly narrow view of what Mastodon is, as seen from his perspective.