Fediverse Verhalen

Erik Kemp

Fediverse

can't be spelled without diverse

This graphic shows which services are interoperable, using the same open standard. These are the services you could federate with in the fediverse.

Fediverse Branches by Per Axbom — Per Axbom CC BY-SA

Fediverse branches with instances — Per Axbom CC BY-SA

Decentralisation

The second core concept of the fediverse

Each platform in the tree is not one, but multiple instances!

In the background

everything is interconnected

The fediverse is a diverse ecosystem of federated and decentralised platforms. But you don't always see that.

Federation of instances — fediverse.info
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An example of the extended web-interface of Mastodon — Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

This is what you see

when subscribing from Mastodon

Bregje is publishing images on Pixelfed.

A pixelfed post as seen from Mastodon — Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

This is what you see

when subscribing from Mastodon

I'm publishing which books I read on Bookwyrm.

A bookwyrm post as seen from Mastodon — Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

This is what you see

Everything I subscribe to comes in the same way!

Framasoft is publishing their events on Mobilizon.

Mobilizon post as seen from Mastodon — Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

This is what you see

Everything I subscribe to comes in the same way!

PublicSpaces is publishing their videos on PeerTube.

Peertube post as seen from Mastodon — Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

Erik Kemp CC BY-SA

This is what most people don't realise if they move from Twitter from Mastodon, or from Reddit to Lemmy. You are entering a diverse and lively ecosystem, instead of just one platform!

Hey instance administrators!

We would love to talk to you!

Meta

We recommend that Nordic countries support the use of open standards and protocols (such as ActivityPub) to encourage effective portability between competing platforms.

Nordic Council of Ministers