What is the Fediverse?
What is the Fediverse?
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To exchange emails
To exchange emails
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do you need to join the email provider
do you need to join the email provider
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of your penpal?
of your penpal?
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How about their phone network?
How about their phone network?
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[Meow]
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Of course you don’t
Of course you don’t
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because standards exist to federate these services
because standards exist to federate these services
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enabling you to communicate with anyone
enabling you to communicate with anyone
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regardless of provider.
regardless of provider.
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Without federation,
Without federation,
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you would have to subscribe
you would have to subscribe
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to multiple providers.
to multiple providers.
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Or worse,
Or worse,
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the services with the most users
the services with the most users
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would hoover up everybody else,
would hoover up everybody else,
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eventually leading to monopolies
eventually leading to monopolies
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and open to abuses.
and open to abuses.
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So why should everyone subscribe
So why should everyone subscribe
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to the same platform to share videos and messages?
to the same platform to share videos and messages.
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Why aren’t social networks federated?
Why aren’t social networks federated?
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Each planet here is like a service provider.
Each planet here is like a service provider.
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With a centralized approach,
With a centralized approach,
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you can only interact with the people
you can only interact with the people
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on the planet you live on.
on the planet you live on.
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Now imagine…
Now imagine…
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if you could communicate with people
if you could communicate with people
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on other planets.
on other planets.
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Imagine…
Imagine…
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if you could share videos, events
if you could share videos, events
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instant messages, microblogs…
instant messages, microblogs…
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with the whole universe.
with the whole universe.
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Imagine…
Imagine…
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if it didn’t matter which planet you came from.
if it didn’t matter which planet you came from.
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Standards are a common language
Standards are a common language
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for software to communicate.
for software to communicate.
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Your login on any one of these services
Your login on any one of these services
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allows you to interact
allows you to interact
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with a whole diverse universe
with a whole diverse universe
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whilst not being tied to just one corporation.
whilst not being tied to just one corporation.
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This is… the Federated Universe.
This is… the Federated Universe.
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The Fediverse!
The Fediverse!
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