Fediverse

The Fediverse (commonly shortened to fedi)^[4]^[5]^[6] is a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other (formally known as federation) using a common protocol. Users of different websites can send and receive status updates, multimedia files and other data across the network. The term Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe.^[7]

The majority of Fediverse platforms are based on free and open-source software, and create connections between servers using the ActivityPub protocol. Some software still supports older federation protocols as well, such as OStatus, the Diaspora protocol and Zot. Diaspora* is the only actively developed software project classified under the original definition of Fediverse that does not support ActivityPub.^[8]^[9]

^ "A Brief History of the Fediverse Symbol". We Distribute. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
^ "A symbol for the fediverse ⁂". ⁂ fediverse symbol. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
^ "The asterism: the proposed new symbol for the fediverse. So say we". Retrieved March 11, 2025.
^ Kiderlin, Sophie (November 11, 2022). "Musk's Twitter takeover sent thousands flocking to Mastodon. Here's what I discovered using the app". cnbc.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ Bayliss, Mark (June 29, 2023). "Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn't quite pan out". arstechnica.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ Confino, Paolo (July 6, 2023). "Meta's Threads wants you in the 'fediverse.' Here's what that is". fortune.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ "Definition of fediverse". PCMAG. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
^ Tilley, Sean (September 24, 2017). "A quick guide to The Free Network". We Distribute. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ https://medium.com/@denschub/activitypub-final-thoughts-one-year-later-194fe591e900

[1] "A Brief History of the Fediverse Symbol". We Distribute. Retrieved March 15, 2025.

[2] "A symbol for the fediverse ⁂". ⁂ fediverse symbol. Retrieved March 11, 2025.

[3] "The asterism: the proposed new symbol for the fediverse. So say we". Retrieved March 11, 2025.

[4] Kiderlin, Sophie (November 11, 2022). "Musk's Twitter takeover sent thousands flocking to Mastodon. Here's what I discovered using the app". cnbc.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[5] Bayliss, Mark (June 29, 2023). "Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn't quite pan out". arstechnica.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[6] Confino, Paolo (July 6, 2023). "Meta's Threads wants you in the 'fediverse.' Here's what that is". fortune.com. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[7] "Definition of fediverse". PCMAG. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[8] Tilley, Sean (September 24, 2017). "A quick guide to The Free Network". We Distribute. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

[9] ttps://medium.com/@denschub/activitypub-final-thoughts-one-year-later-194fe591e900

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