Hometown
A Mastodon fork (Darius Kazemi) whose signature feature is "local-only posting" — the ability to write posts that stay on your own instance and never federate out. Intended for intimate, community-focused instances rather than global reach.
Background: created by Darius Kazemi, known for advocating the "small web" and small, humanly scaled communities. Local-only posts give a place where members can talk openly within their community without the post spreading to the whole Fediverse — like a private forum with a social-media feel. Other additions: longer posts, "exclusive lists". Philosophy: against growth-for-growth's-sake; for deliberately small, well-moderated rooms. The feature became so appreciated that Mastodon itself eventually built in similar local-only support. Hometown illustrates the idea that the Fediverse isn't just about reaching more people, but about being able to reach fewer, on purpose.