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[–]NeedMoreCoffee 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

honestly I have not quite figured out how the fediverse part works or what i can do with it

[–]FediNetizen 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The whole idea is anyone can run their own instance with their own rules, and by default everyone can still talk to each other even if they're on different instances.

Don't like the rules or the internal drama on your instance, but still have friends you want to keep in touch with? Just switch to a new instance with a conduct policy more suited to your views. Compare that with Twitter where it's a walled garden and you will call Jonathan Yaniv a woman or get banned, bigot!

Basically you still get a lot of the benefit of Metcalfe's Law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law) but it's far more decentralized and you have a lot more control over what types of content you see.

[–]DorothyGale 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yep. This is me I am oblivious to the fediverse while still being on Spinster - I think this is the point where my children call me a boomer (despite that being inaccurate but saying so also makes me a boomer apparently :p)