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I'm not sure I yet understand the difference between "local" and "federated" timelines.
@Stonekettle As I get it, "Local" is the timeline just on this individual server, while "Federated" is the collective timeline of all servers across all of Mastodonspace.
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If you use Federated, you will probably get overwhelmed, and many of the postings are in languages other than English.