Federated Social media

The “Fediverse” is an inter-connected network of platforms that allow users on different platforms to interact. Each instance has its own users, who are able to like, reply or otherwise engage with content on other federated platforms. Individual instances can be single-user or large enough to host thousands of users.

Overview

Federated social media is advantageous for avoiding censorship. No single instance has control over moderation decisions for the network. Instances may defederate with instances they no longer wish to engage with but the content on all sides is still publicly accessible. Despite fragmentation among the larger instances, new instances are often quite good at accessing most of the fediverse.