“Discoverability makes or breaks a platform, as there is nothing more important to retain a new user than to let them find something interesting to stay for, as soon as possible.”
Mastodon finally ships post editing, with the full edit history saved, and an explore page with trending posts and follow suggestions. Some of the work was paid for by the German education ministry. Edits stay switched off in the web app until enough servers upgrade. That is the price of federation. Every feature waits on the slowest admin.