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# Fediverse
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# History
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- OStatus protocol - GNU Social
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- no standard, was going to be standardized, but W3C created ActivityPub instead
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# ActivityPub
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![How-the-Fediverse-connects](slides/fediverse/How-the-Fediverse-connects.png)
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- created by W3C around 2019
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- different software talking same protocol (Mastodon,Peertube,PixelFed,Lemmy)
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- from Mastodon you can follow Lemmy users or Peertubers
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- Peertube videos send a link to video over ActivityPub, but not video itself
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- no E2E encryption
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- can't transfer your account from one server to another (federated, not distributed)
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- list of servers at [the-federation.info](https://the-federation.info/)
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- visual of all servers at [fediverse.space](https://fediverse.space)
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# Mastodon
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- local timeline
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- personal timeline
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- following hashtags
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- no recommended posts, no sorting algorithms
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- moving mastodon account from one server to another is supported (moves all your followers and accounts that you follow to the new account)
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- some servers block other servers content (that have less strict moderation rules)
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