What is Fediverso, a concept that unites different social networks

the growth of Mastodon This has led users to a type of social network that works differently because it is split into multiple servers. It is the basis of all this FediverseA concept that draws attention from other applications.

Although they haven’t confirmed it yet, tumblr i Flickr They showed their desire to join Fediverse from Mastodonwhich will allow users to connect to the three platforms and more that will be added over time.

It represents a different way of using social networks, which until now have been separated from each other by different ideas and approaches that divide users.

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What is Fediverso and how does it work?

This is the name of the federated world, which is a concept that defines a group of servers that try to publish content on the Internet, in the form of a social network, such as a blog or a page.

It works by running software that supports different protocols that are independent servers called “instances”. This is who is connected Fediverse Allows users to share information between different servers regardless of platforms.

One way to understand it is email, because regardless of the application used to send a message to a particular address, it will arrive without any delay unless the user prefers it.

The Fediverse Currently has several platforms where Mastodon is the most recognized, although there are others such as Pleroma, PeerTube i GNUSsocial.

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Mastodon, an instance of the Fediverse

The confusion of recent weeks Twitter tIt has been said that many users have created profiles Mastodonwhich has a similar style with the possibility of posting small comments, but differs in that it does not have a central place of functionality, but is divided into channels according to each person’s taste.

These cases have different themes and there are no algorithms that invite you to view certain content, instead everything works chronologically, which gives a different rate of usefulness.

The social network uses a protocol for the operation of these servers ActivityPubIt’s what allows you to send, receive and discover content and what gets you to be a part of FdiverseSo other applications are interested in using it to get into this type of technology.

Matt MullenwegExecutive Director Automaticcurrent owner tumblr, He assured that it is very possible that the social network will start implementing this protocol to give new alternatives to users.

We’ll add ActivityPub for interfacing. “We’re now mostly dealing with waves of new customers and keeping everything at scale, but (interop) and publishing activities are happening as soon as possible,” he said.

They are also discussing something flickr, according to you Executive Director. “This week we discussed ActivityPub internally. Should we add it to Flickr? I’m not promising anything, just thinking out loud to gauge interest. However, it could be a good deal for us,” he said. Don McCaskill.

If these projects are combined, users of the three applications can share content with each other, which will also provide more stability to the platforms’ servers.

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