I have no problem with that - on Pixelfed I can choose what to see. I agree though it would be a cool bonus to have a fourth option to see all Pixelfed posts.
In California in the 1800s there were so many horses running around that people only bothered to take care of their saddle. Probably an exception though!
Most posts on my instance's local feed right now are from new accounts and 99% of them are photography and art. I saw one guy doing a typical poser selfie and just blocked him. It's looking good.
I encourage people to report any spam that does get posted though. Need to keep Pixelfed nice.
I use Newsboat on desktop and Feeder on android. Both are foss 👍
If you dont want to use the terminal for desktop I would just use whatever is suggested for the desktop environment you use.
I'd like to reinforce your point about RSS feeds. I think that being in control of the amount and type of information that infiltrates your thoughts is a form of privacy that we all we need to exercise.
For those who don't already know; one great thing about the fediverse is that you can follow hashtags via RSS. You can literally only see the things you want to see, if you want to!
I can't remember it's name but I stumbled across a good instance with lots of musicians doing live performances in their studios/rooms. If anyone knows where to find it again please reply here!
Good work :) I'm in a similar position here in the UK.