If someone can explain the difference between Local and Federated in 500 characters or less that would be great because I find it completely baffling.
@profcarroll local = same server; federated = different servers that talk to each other https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/docs/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md
@locks Ah ah, a byproduct of the decentralization then. Very helpful, thanks.