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Now with more and more #instances upgraded to version 4.2.0 of #Mastodon, you can compare full text #search on different ones: Having multiple accounts, I did – and yes, the differences are rather big.
Once again it seems clear, the bigger your instance the better for finding content in the #fediverse. Especially for journalists, this also implies, that an instance by your organization might not be the best idea. Something like journa.host could make more sense.
1) You can make even a single user instance have a wider reach through relays, especially targetted ones that are on the topics you're interested in. (More info at https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/)
2) Your own server's view of the Fediverse doesn't affect the visibility of your accounts to other people. For example my account @FediFollows has 60k followers despite being on a single user server with no relays.
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Yes, #relays could be a solution. Didn't really work out when my private instance discussed it with me. But "topics you're interested in", might be a harder to define for journalists. You want stuff to reach you that's newsworthy, sometimes that happens in #Ukraine, then in #Armenia, then on #Hawaii.
That my visibility is no problem, is good. I know that.