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What is fediverse and why is it so talked about in this site? (kbin.social)
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fediverse?

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[–] mwlczk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fediverse is based on a distributed protocoll, where everyone can join. It gives alternatives to most known "social media" service silos like:

  • pixelfed : instagram
  • mastodon : twitter
  • Lemmy : reddit ...

Go ahead and use a search engine ;)