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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 20:12:37 JST FediTips has moved!

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   • Ignis Incendio :autism:

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   The only forum-like part of a server is its Local timeline. It's the only thing that requires you to be on that server or looking at that server's website.

   So, whether you regard a server as a forum depends on whether you use the Local timeline or not.

   I personally don't use Local much, so to me the Fediverse is entirely cross-server.

   But if someone does use Local a lot then they might feel differently.

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     Ignis Incendio :autism: (ignisincendio@tech.lgbt)'s status on Monday, 31-Oct-2022 20:12:38 JST Ignis Incendio :autism:

     So one way of looking at the Fediverse is this, from what I'm learning...

     Forums are commonly about a specific topic, and *only* about a specific topic; off-topic posts are removed or consigned to an off topic board.

     Fediverse instances are commonly (not always) about a specific topic, which influences your local/fed timelines (ie "your view into the fediverse")... but *not* only about it.

     Not sure if this is correct.