@stevenroose No usually what happens, I think, is you only see the follower count of the people your instance federates with. So the number you see locally is always a bit smaller.
You will see the same difference in follower count with most foreign accounts.
@stevenroose @freemo Remote follower count doesn't always sync immediately
For example locally you show as having 95 followers but if i view your profile on your own instance it says 101 followers
@freemo Hmm, that's all very curious. I didn't think my #Mastodon account would even do calculations on your followers, I would think it would just show the number your instance reports. If I click the followers button, I only see people from my own instance anyway, so I thought that was the only distinction Mastodon would make. Very curious. @Gargron Any chance you could chip in and explain?