What people usually tell you about the Fediverse: Difference between revisions

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You can send a mail from riseup.net to gmail.com and the other way around.
You can send a mail from riseup.net to gmail.com and the other way around.
That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works.
That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works.
Federation just means that different or decentral servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol.
Federation just means that different or decentralized 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 mostly uses ActivityPub.


== Free Software ==
== Free Software ==
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== No spying, no ads, no algorithm, no shadowbanning, ... ==
== No spying, no ads, no algorithm, no shadowbanning, ... ==


The Fediverse runs on donations, not on selling your data, so there are no targeted ads, there are no ads at all. <br>
The Fediverse runs on donations, not on selling your data, so there are no targeted ads. In fact, there are no ads at all. <br>
What you see on the Fediverse only depends on who you follow, not on algorithms or shadowbanning.
What you see on the Fediverse only depends on who you follow, not on algorithms or shadow-banning.


[[Category:Beginners guide]]
[[Category:Beginners guide]]
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