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== What | == What are some advantages over conventional Social Media? == | ||
==== Federation ==== | |||
'''The email allegory:''' | |||
Everybody knows you don't need to be on the same email Provider to communicate via emails. | Everybody knows you don't need to be on the same email Provider to communicate via emails. | ||
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Federation just means that different or decentral servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. | Federation just means that different or decentral servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. | ||
Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse uses mostly ActivityPub. | Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse uses mostly ActivityPub. | ||
==== Free Software ==== | |||
==== No ads, no spying, no algorithm ==== | |||