If you're on Firefox, install this extension to make it easier to follow people when you go to their instance. It will redirect back to your instance when you click "Follow".
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/
@donncha AFAIK on monday a lot of instances are going to switch to V4.0. And the addon seem to have an unresolved problem with V4.0. And there are no changes in the git for at least five months. https://github.com/rugk/mastodon-simplified-federation/issues/77
@Conz ah, that's good to know. Hopefully that's fixed once the new version comes out, but I can count on one hand the number of times I would have needed this extension.