@PhenomX6 I think they usually see many local users before reaching remote users and this tendency is strengthen in large and local-oriented servers (such as mstdn.jp). I am in the single-user server so it may be hard to access.
@tkwfm001 add relays it'll help. All pleroma instances automatically function as them as one of the design goals of pleroma is to promote single user instances too for the sake of the network.
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