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-The Fediverse is a giant Network of Social Media Platforms.
+The Fediverse is a giant Network of social media Platforms.
 == Imagine ==
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 In the Fediverse you can use your "Twitter" account to interact with "Facebook" users, share "Instagram" posts, comment under "Youtube" videos, listen to "Bandcamp" music, follow "Wordpress" blogs, take part in "reddit" discussions and more.
-== How does it compare to traditional Social Media? ==
+== How does it compare to traditional social media? ==
-Traditional Social Media is neither social nor media. Meaning it's not made for you, it's made to exploit you and it's full of misleading ads and fake news. <br>
+Traditional social media is neither social nor media. Meaning it's not made for you, it's made to exploit you and it's full of misleading ads and fake news. <br>
-That is because the aim of traditional Social Media is to make a whole lot of money. <br>
+That is because the aim of traditional social media is to make a whole lot of money. <br>
 The aim of the Fediverse is to benefit the people. <br>
-The aim of traditional Social Media is to control and steer the users. <br>
+The aim of traditional social media is to control and steer the users. <br>
 The aim of the Fediverse is to empower the users to control the Fediverse.
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 * The '''software''' used on an instance is essential for the user experience and possibilities.
 * Many software projects use the same '''protocol''' which enables instances to communicate with each other. Most software projects use Activity Pub. Some projects might not have full federation with other pojects yet.
-* The '''Fediverse''' (federated universe) is the sum of all '''identities''', on all '''instances''' using any '''software''', communicating with any '''protocol'''. <br> To be exact the Fediverse doesn't even include just Social Media projects. Any software that federates using one of the protocols is part f the Fediverse.
+* The '''Fediverse''' (federated universe) is the sum of all '''identities''', on all '''instances''' using any '''software''', communicating with any '''protocol'''. <br> To be exact the Fediverse doesn't even include just social media projects. Any software that federates using one of the protocols is part f the Fediverse.
 * an example for an identity is [https://climatejustice.social/@PaulaToThePeople @PaulaToThePeople@ClimateJustice.social]. [https://climatejustice.social/ ClimateJustice.social] is the instance the identity is on. The software it uses is Mastodon. Thanks to the ActivityPub protocol it can follow identities on other instances that use e.g. Mastodon, GNU Social or Pixelfed software.
 == What are Fediverse software projects? ==
-Fediverse projects are the different software parts of the Fediverse. Many of them are replacements for more well known Social Media platforms. <br>
+Fediverse projects are the different software parts of the Fediverse. Many of them are replacements for more well known social media platforms. <br>
-See below which software emulates which other Social Media platform:
+See below which software emulates which other social media platform:
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-! classic Social Media
+! traditional social media
 ! Fediverse replacement
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