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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Is there a terminology for all the various different types of fediverse platforms? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by elscallr@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social
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Like we've got Mastodon which is a microblog platform.

Lemmy/kbin which I guess you could call aggregators?

Then there's the image and video platforms.

Is there a lexicon or terminology we're using to describe the different types of platforms in the fediverse?

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[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kbin federated with Mastodon and lemmy

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Well that's three, there are at least 1200 more and that's not including the YouTube and Instagram like sites that are, or could be, federated, and they all have slightly different feature sets depending on what software they're running.

That's what I'm talking about. A way to describe those feature sets in a word.

[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, here is a good place to check out.

But the term you might be looking for is federated. Each platform has its own lexicon for what it stands for and how to interact. Is pictures, videos, content aggregation, microblogging, blogging, etc. there are more than 1200 and each has its own internal language and how users refer to it. No different than facebook, Twitter, instagram, blogger, blogspot, MySpace, …, etc. But, they all run on activitypub, which is an agreed upon format for things. The various forms are new and developing, so every form of social interaction is different in how they refer to themselves.

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I get how it works but I have problems explaining it to someone without going on a rant and explaining activitypub. I suppose at this stage that's to be expected, before everyone knew what a website was someone had to tell people about http.

[–] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fediverse (a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe") 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, which, while independently hosted, can communicate with each other.

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty succinct.

[–] elscallr@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

But thanks for the links those are helpful.