In 2018, the W3C validated a protocol called ActivityPub that allowed interoperability between different social networks.
Instead of one social media node acting as a centralizing silo, each of them can federate -- cooperating to send messages across the universe that is the network.
The Fediverse.
This is social media's version of the United Federation of Planets.
It is ARPANET yet again -- a model that continues to work over decades.
And it's the future of social media.
#LearnFediverse
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Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 05:17:00 JSTChris Trottier