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< h1 > Fediverse< / h1 >
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by
< a rel = "author" class = "u-url" href = "http://changelog.ca/" > < span class = "p-given-name" > Charles< / span > < span class = "p-additional-name" > Iliya< / span > < span class = "p-family-name" > Krempeaux< / span > < / a >
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The < strong > Fediverse< / strong > is a federated social-media network.
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The < strong > Fediverse< / strong > is to social-media what the Internet is to computer-networks.
I.e., just like the Internet is a network of networks, the Fediverse is a network of social-media networks.
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< h1 > Fediverse Simile< / h1 >
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< em > What< / em > the < strong > Fediverse< / strong > < em > is< / em > is more obvious once you start using it, but —
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This is a simile that helps some people understand < em > what< / em > the < strong > Fediverse< / strong > < em > is< / em > —
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The < strong > Fediverse< / strong > is like e-mail, but where you posts are public (rather than private like they are with e-mail).
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< h2 > Mastodon< / h2 >
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< ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > is the most well-known part of the < strong > Fediverse< / strong >
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due to attention it has been getting from news media and TV.
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< ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > is < em > not< / em > a social-media network < em > per se< / em > .
< ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > is software that anyone can use to create their own social-media network.
I.e., there are many many < ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > -based social-media networks.
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As of 2023, there are tens of thousands of social-media networks that are using the < ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > software.
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And that number has been predicted to grow to the hundreds of thousands in the near future!
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But what is different between this wave of social-media networks and the previous wave of social-media networks is
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these thousands and thousands of < ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > based social-media networks < strong > federate< / strong > .
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federation (noun): any group formed from separate entities or objects.
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< h2 > More Fediverse< / h2 >
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But < ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > based social-media networks don't just < strong > federate< / strong > with other < ziba-link dir = "software" transform = "lowercase" > Mastodon< / ziba-link > based social-media networks
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they < strong > federate< / strong > with < em > any< / em > software that "speaks" the language of the < strong > Fediverse< / strong > — i.e., < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > ActivityPub< / ziba-link > and others.
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These other < strong > Fediverse< / strong > software includes:
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > akkoma< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > bookwyrm< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > castopod< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > firefish< / ziba-link > (previously called “< ziba-link dir = "software" > calckey< / ziba-link > ”)< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > forgejo< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > friendica< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > funkwhale< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gitea< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gnu social< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gotosocial< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > greatape< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > guppe< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > kbin< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > lemmy< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > misskey< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > mobilizon< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > nextcloud< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > owncast< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > peertube< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > pixelfed< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > pleroma< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > plume< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > postfreely< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > postmarks< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > socialhome< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > writefreely< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < strong > and more!< / strong > < / li >
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At last count there are < strong > about 40 different < em > Fediverse< / em > software< / strong > .
Many of them provide a very different experience from the others.
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > akkoma< / ziba-link > , < ziba-link > mastodon< / ziba-link > , < ziba-link > firefish< / ziba-link > , < ziba-link > pleroma< / ziba-link > and others are Twitter-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > pixelfed< / ziba-link > is Instagram-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > peertube< / ziba-link > is YouTube-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > friendica< / ziba-link > and others are Facebook-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > lemmy< / ziba-link > and others are Reddit-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > nextcloud< / ziba-link > is Google Drive-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > owncast< / ziba-link > is Twitch-like.< / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > forgejo< / ziba-link > and < ziba-link > gitea< / ziba-link > are GitHub-like.< / li >
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< li > Etc.< / li >
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Yet, despite all these different user-experiences all these different social-media networks < strong > federate< / strong > .
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< h2 > Etymology of ‘ Fediverse’ < / h2 >
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The word “Fediverse” is a combination of (a portmanteau of) the words “federation” and “universe”, or “federated” and “universe”.
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< h2 id = "A" > A< / h2 >
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< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > ActivityPub< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > ActivityStreams< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > akkoma< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Atanaz Ostovar< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > atomicpoet< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< h2 id = "B" > B< / h2 >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Benyamin Azarkhazin< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > bookwyrm< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< h2 id = "C" > C< / h2 >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > calckey< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > castopod< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Charles Iliya Krempeaux< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Chet Earl Woodside< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Chris Trottier< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< h2 id = "D" > D< / h2 >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Daniel Supernault< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > dansup< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Ernest Wisniewski< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > Eternal November< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< h2 id = "F" > F< / h2 >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Farzaneh Amini< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > FediDB< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link name = "id" > Fediverse ID< / ziba-link >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "id" name = "syntax" > Fediverse ID syntax< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link name = "software" > Fediverse software< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > firefish< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" transform = "lowercase" > FloatingGhost< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > forgejo< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > friendica< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > funkwhale< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Gabe Kangas< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gitea< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gnu social< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > gotosocial< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > greatape< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > guppe< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link > host-meta< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Kainoa Kanter< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > kbin< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Laurens Hof< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > lemmy< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Massoud Seifi< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Matt Baer< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Mehrdad Mirsamie< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Meysam Mousavi< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > misskey< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > mobilizon< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Muhammad Zaid Ali< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > nextcloud< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link > notable servers< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link > ostatus< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > owncast< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > peertube< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > pixelfed< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > pleroma< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > plume< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link > popular servers< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > postfreely< / ziba-link > < / li >
< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > postmarks< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > reiver< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Sepideh Farsi< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > socialhome< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" transform = "lowercase" > ThatOneCalculator< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > Threadiverse< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link transform = "lowercase" > WebFinger< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "software" > writefreely< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link > who is who< / ziba-link > < / li >
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< li > < ziba-link dir = "person" > Yassine Doghri< / ziba-link > < / li >
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