@liaizon this happens because of how federation works. Thing is, I do understand it. 99% of people do not. Other instances don't know about all of the relationships of foreign users. I was thinking about ways to fix that in #Smithereen, because I clearly do need that — I need complete friend lists to show mutual friends in profiles.

Actually, this applies to likes as well. If you see a post from another instance, you NEVER see the complete list of people who liked it.