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What is a Fediverse?

Phong Yew Tong
4 min readNov 13, 2024

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Fediverse

What does the word Fediverse mean?

The fediverse, or fediverse, is a decentralized collection of social media networks. The term “fediverse” is a portmanteau of “federated” and “universe.” This text seeks to take a thorough look at the concept of the fediverse, what is included in it, and its importance.

Kind of fancy right? Hahaha! Let’s dive deeper.

What exactly is the Fediverse?

The fediverse is a collection of different social networks that use a common language like ActivityPub that allows them to talk and share things with one another. If you find Facebook, Instagram and Twitter limiting, the fediverse gives you great alternatives to these centralised social media services. You get to choose from different services. But unlike Twitter or Instagram, you can also connect with other users in the fediverse. This means that you can communicate with users on other platforms.

Well. A little technical here. It’s ok to be confused. I was too.

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