I’m starting to understand the whole federated feed thing, but I’d like more control over it. E.g., I’m on a national instance, so I get every little small town community popping up. Do I just have to block them as I go until I don’t see them anymore, or is there a better way?
yes, “subscribed” is probably what you’re looking for.
just to clarify at bit: “local” is any post to any local community, and “all” is all local and remote posts.
Also to expand on this, for lemmy.ca, the “local” communities are these https://lemmy.ca/communities