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That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works. <br> | That's about the same way that "federation" in the Fediverse works. <br> | ||
Federation just means that different or decentralized servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. <br> | Federation just means that different or decentralized servers or instances can communicate with each other via a protocol. <br> | ||
Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse mostly uses | Just like email uses POP, IMAP or SMTP protocols for federation, the Fediverse mostly uses {{Internal link|target=What is ActivityPub?|link-name=ActivityPub}}. | ||
== Free Software == | == Free Software == | ||
''Main article: | ''Main article: {{Internal link|target=What is free software?|link-name=What is free software?}}'' | ||
All of the software used in the Fediverse is free software. | All of the software used in the Fediverse is free software. | ||
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What you see on the Fediverse only depends on who you follow, not on algorithms or shadow-banning. | What you see on the Fediverse only depends on who you follow, not on algorithms or shadow-banning. | ||
== Further Reading == | |||
{{Getting started links}} | |||
{{category |category=Beginners guides}} | {{category |category=Beginners guides}} | ||
{{Navbar}} | {{Navbar}} | ||