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<h1>Fediverse</h1>
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<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.
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I.e., just like the Internet is a network of networks, the Fediverse is a network of social-media networks.
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<h2>Mastodon</h2>
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<ziba-link>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>Mastodon</ziba-link> is <em>not</em> a social-media network <em>per se</em>.
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<ziba-link>Mastodon</ziba-link> is software that anyone can use to create their own social-media network.
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As of 2023, there are tens of thousands of social-media networks that are using the <ziba-link>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>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>Mastodon</ziba-link> based social-media networks don't just <strong>federate</strong> with other <ziba-link>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>ActivityPub</ziba-link> and others.
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These other <strong>Fediverse</strong> software includes:
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<li><ziba-link>akkoma</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>bookwyrm</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>castopod</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>firefish</ziba-link> (previously called “calckey”)</li>
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<li><ziba-link>forgejo</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>friendica</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>funkwhale</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>gitea</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>gnu social</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>gotosocial</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>greatape</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>guppe</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>kbin</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>lemmy</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>misskey</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>mobilizon</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>nextcloud</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>owncast</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>peertube</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>pixelfed</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>pleroma</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>plume</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>postfreely</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>postmarks</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>socialhome</ziba-link></li>
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<li><ziba-link>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>.
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Many of them provide a very different experience from the others.
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<li><ziba-link>akkoma</ziba-link>, <ziba-link>mastodon</ziba-link>, <ziba-link>firefish</ziba-link>, <ziba-link>pleroma</ziba-link> and others are Twitter-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>pixelfed</ziba-link> is Instagram-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>peertube</ziba-link> is YouTube-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>friendica</ziba-link> and others are Facebook-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>lemmy</ziba-link> and others are Reddit-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>nextcloud</ziba-link> is Google Drive-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>owncast</ziba-link> is Twitch-like.</li>
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<li><ziba-link>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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