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How can you explain the Fediverse to someone? (media.kbin.run)

submitted 1 year ago by SamXavia@kbin.run to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If you where to try and explain the Fediverse to someone, how would you explain it with it's different instances? As well as explain why it is better in some ways for the future of the Internet?

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Different social media sites can share posts and comments with each other. Imagine threads posts appearing on X, or Facebook post appearing on Reddit.