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The Fediverse is a [[Decentralization|decentralized]] ensemble of social networking apps (more below).
I am extremely happy many of my friends are finally joining the Fediverse, therefore I am collecting here several info, so that they can easily retrieve it and feel at home in this new awesome platform.
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<h3>Contribute to this page!</h3>
<p>If you are already a proud and experienced fedinaut, feel free to open a pull request or to get in touch to suggest anything you feel is missing!</p>
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Need some clarifications on how this whole crazy thing works?
First of all, the good old Wikipedia never lest us down, let’s start from the definition it gives:
The fediverse […] is an ensemble of federated (i.e. interconnected) servers that are used for web publishing (i.e. social networking, microblogging, blogging, or websites) and file hosting, but which, while independently hosted, can communicate with each other. On different servers (instances), users can create so-called identities. These identities are able to communicate over the boundaries of the instances because the software running on the servers supports one or more communication protocols that follow an open standard.
Missing video +++
Need some data and some numbers to have a more direct grasp of what the Fediverse is, how big it is, and what and who it is made by?
a list of the different software
A quick guide to The Free Network
Some random links I need to select, sort and analyze
About Fediverse - Fediverse.Party - explore federated networks
Distributed Social Networks and Public History
What on Earth is the fediverse and why does it matter?
Mastodon: What is the social network hailed as a Twitter alternative?
Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse Google Sheet
Why I’m excited about decentralized social networks
Mastodon’s Moment – The Markup
Making ActivityPub Your Social Media Hub for Mastodon and Other Decentralized Services
Pan is the Fediverse community I am the admin of. I am noting everything about it on [[Pan|the dedicated page]].
Fedi.Directory is a great way to start exploring accounts from all over the Fediverse, nicely categorized and described. It contains all of the accounts suggested by @FediFollows@mastodon.online.
fediverse.info’s explore/people section is very insightful, too!
fediverse.info’s explore/people
My accounts on the Fediverse:
Instance admins are the administrators and often also the founders of a Fediverse node.
Following them is interesting and useful for several reasons, mainly because they often act as “bridges” among servers and communities, by reposting interesting stuff posted elsewhere. Furthermore, as admins they are the main s