Can someone explain the Fediverse to me In simple terms? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I get the general gist, like email different instances can communicate with each other but beyond that I'm lost.

I'm sorry if this has been asked 1,000 times lol

Edit: Thanks for the answers this makes more sense now :)

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[-] Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 months ago

Oook, that explains why my .world acct, and this one are so vastly different. I pretty much just see news and tech from this instance (and porn, obviously)

this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023

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