fediverse: Quick Facts

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A hand holds a smartphone displaying the Mastodon social networking app with colorful cartoon mastodons, set against a background of blurred blue Twitter logos.

A network diagram showing how the fediverse operates, with various social platforms like Mastodon, PeerTube, Lemmy, and others connected through the central ActivityPub protocol, illustrating interoperability. One platform, diaspora*, is shown separately as both a platform and network protocol.

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Internet virtual community social media computer network blog e-commerce social network e-government social news sites Internet of Things cloud computing USENET newsgroup bulletin-board system