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Instance Timelines can be viewed independent from Hashtags. Use
Local to
view only public posts by users from that Instance.
The Hashtag Search needs an instance to work. Use a well
connected instance like
mastodon.social
and choose
Federated
to get Toots with that Hashtag from other instances as well.
Thanks to @KaKi87@mamot.fr you can use MastoVue from within the Mastodon Web app through a userscript.