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Fediverse

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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) (yewtu.be)
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A federated internet is forming. It's built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.

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[โ€“] smallsubsidy@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

can someone here eli5 how Meta is gonna take control of the fediverse? isn't it supposed to be a decentralized thing?