If you are new to the #Fediverse and you have seen people talk that #Mastodon have 10 million accounts/users…

At least according to #FediDB this is a false assumption.

The 10 million accounts/users is for the **entire** **Fediverse network**.

See: https://fedidb.org

Do not confuse the Fediverse with Mastodon, these are **not** interchangeable.

“Fediverse” is the name of the resulting network that grew out of the #AcitivtyPub (latest) / #OStatus (previous) / #OpenMicroBlogging (first) protocols.

While “Mastodon” is a software brand name / trademark.

It's the same with #Lemmy and #Kbin.

The label #Treadiverse is not interchangeable with the label Fediverse.

“Threadiverse” refers to the link-aggregator type of software like Lemmy and Kbin (there are others, check the Wikipedia list).

Threadiverse is part of the Fediverse network.

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