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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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[–] root@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

The fediverse is like an apartment block and an instance is one of the apartments. When you create an account in the instance, you "chose" to move into that apartment.

A community in that instance is like a room in the apartment. There can be any number of rooms in the apartment, just like there can be any number of communities in the apartment.

Even though your account is in this instance, it doesn't mean you're stuck there. You can "visit" your neighbours in the other apartments (instantances) and interact with the people there.