I wish there was a way links could auto-resolve to the instance I’m logged in with.

I think this will ultimately be solved by 3rd party clients.

There are tons of mobile apps in the pipeline and some already released. I just got set up with Memmy a couple days ago and it already makes things a bit easier; a step in the right direction.

On desktop I imagine browser plugins helping to tie the experience a bit more together. Hopefully the vanilla UI can also deal with cross-instance behaviour down the road.

Cause it's decentralised. Which is good.

Go implement it.

Let's adopt the irc model: any user id for anyone :P

You don't need either. It's not about places, so much as it's about people and conversations.

Maybe you only have used corporate centralized giant sites? Believe me, that was the anomaly.

You can't and don't visit every cafe, every club, every library, you mostly visit a few locals and seek out the rest.

Same thing here. Also with this you get actual diversity. You can change instances and still see everything!

You just have to learn how this new system works. It's far far better.