ive never quite enjoyed the term fediverse. i realized recently ive been utilizing ‘fediverse’ and ‘federation’ interchangeably to the point i made a thing, and didnt notice until after i posted it

so, can i do that or am i gunna get spanked by le pedants for being a moron?

  • burgersc12@sh.itjust.works
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    Federation is how two different instances are able to communicate within the Fediverse. The current worldwide email system is also based on the idea of federation, but it is not within the Fediverse. Hope that clears it up a bit!

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      1 year ago

      hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

      The Fediverse == A federation
      startrek == The Federation

      i seem room for slang here, and im messy.

      The Fediverse == The federation ??

      /obtuse geriatric

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        Star Trek has a federation of Humans, Vulcans, and many other races. Their ships are still separate, but they work together.

        The Fediverse has a federation of Startrek.Website, Lemmy.World, Sh.itjustwo.rks, etc.

        Email has a federation of gmail.com, yahoo.com, microsoft.com, aol.com, every corporate.com, spectrum.net, tons and tons of small servers. This is probably the biggest federation. Many servers will choose to only federate with specific instances, or may explicitly defederate with a list of instances. If I stand up a private, home email on my own domain, there’s no guarantee that your work will accept my emails.

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    only if you ask nicely. lol

    also: i do the same thing so much that i’m not sure which is which sometimes

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    The fediverse is the network of federated instances

    Federation is the process by which content and interactions are aggregated and shared between all instances

    They’re definitely not interchangeable words.

    Incidentally I can’t load the link you shared, it takes me to a blank homepage for some instance