Relays rebroadcast public posts to instances that are subscribed to it. For admins, adding relays helps increase the potential amount of posts that reach your instance.

Interesting, maybe it varies by model? Mine was some worm maze thing

My first system was a ColecoVision, but Master System is really the first system I have vivid memories of from childhood. I think the Master System overall was my favorite part of being 4-6 years old - playing Shooting Gallery, Fantasy Zone, Ys, Missile Defense 3D (I think that was the name), etc., It also felt mysterious (?) to me because a.) I was the only kid I knew with one and b.) things like the hidden game (I forget the game exactly) that would come on if turned on the system with no cartridge inside.

Template for setting up your new VMs - after setting up your first template its a few clicks and deploy for new VMs

In short they are servers that help instances find posts from other instances

Signal is probably your best bet but it’s only mostly open source. Element/Matrix is another good option if open source is your concern.

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I nuked the internal network by mistake. Working on fixing it right now

edit It’s back up now if you’d like to try again :)