what exactly does “locality-specific” mean here? https://fediverse.observer/map seems to show more instances, but I guess those additional ones are not locality-specific?
As I am running an instance for location X, but located in Y, I can at least tell you about fediobserver that this is simply about the location of the IP of the instance.
A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.
Fediverse is a portmanteau of “federation” and “universe”. It is a common, informal name for a federation of social network servers whose main purpose is microblogging, the sharing of short, public messages.
what exactly does “locality-specific” mean here?
https://fediverse.observer/map seems to show more instances, but I guess those additional ones are not locality-specific?
As I am running an instance for location X, but located in Y, I can at least tell you about fediobserver that this is simply about the location of the IP of the instance.
The map shows for example a Mastodon instance for Madagascar in Africa. Thanks for your web link, it also includes Pixelfed and PeerTube instances.