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You have to understand that federation doesn't happen instantly. Your server has to sync with the other instances before you can find the account you're looking for.
Not always... making things too convenient brought us where we are today: a lot of people are stupid and don't understand simple things. Call me old school, but I prefer to have things move slower and make people try to understang how technologies work, not feed them everything directly!