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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse " The Fediverse (a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe") is the ensemble o
by 0xUser 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
" The Fediverse (a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe") is the ensemble of federated (i.e. interconnected) servers that are used for web publishing (i.e. social networking, microblogging, blogging, or websites) and file hosting, but which, while independently hosted, can communicate with each other. On different servers (instances), users can create so-called identities. These identities are able to communicate over the boundaries of the instances because the software running on the servers supports one or more communication protocols which follow an open standard. As an identity on the fediverse, users are able to post text and other media, or to follow posts by other identities. In some cases, users can even show or share data (video, audio, text, and other files) publicly or to a selected group of identities and allow other identities to edit other users' data (such as a calendar or an address book)." (wiki)
- nottorp 6y agoWell said. It's always funny when some acronym no one's heard of shows up unexplained on HN.
- scrollaway 6y agoFediverse isn't an acronym, nor is it a term "no one's heard of". You haven't heard it before, and it's great to explain it, but don't project that either.
- bovermyer 6y agoTwo things: First, don't assume that just because you've never heard a word, that means no one has heard of it. There are quite a lot of us who know what the fediverse is. Second, and this is a little pedantic, fediverse is a portmanteau, not an acronym.
- FascistsAreLame 6y agoI feel you’re being overly literal to the point where I’m not entire sure you understand English as well as you think. Hyperbole is an acceptable literary device. To say “No one has heard of this band” is colloquial to English, but obviously other people have heard of the band, the hyperbole is used to emphasize how few people have heard, not that no people have. To correct someone here isn’t correct, it’s suggests a sheltered existence.
- system2 6y agoWell, I've been here for over 3 years and never even seen fidiverse once in the news feed. Nor did use or needed.
- bovermyer 6y agoAnd that's totally fine and a legitimate experience. Just be open to the idea that that is your experience, and not also the world's.
- thrwyoilarticle 6y agoIMO It would be worse to editorialise the submission title
- derision 6y agoI've seen fediverse numerous times on HN
- MindTwister 6y agoThank you, I had no idea what the subject was from the headline