OK. I see now. #CalcKey is much like #elk? A much nicer way to #Mastodon. 👍 What's the technical term? #wrapper or...?
@wilberfan not really. they're two separate (but slightly similar) platforms that can talk to each other, because they're both part of the Fediverse. it's a bit like if, say, Twitter accounts were able to interact with Tumblr accounts and vice versa.
@noodlejetski I'm still climbing the learning curve, I guess. So, #Mastodon, #CalcKey, #Elk are all different things--with different features, etc--but are all a part of the #Fediverse? And, as such, can all talk to each other... I guess that's your Twitter-Tumbler analogy...
@wilberfan Correct. Think of it this way.

Protocol: LTE
Friendly name: Mobile network
Software/brand: AT&T, Smart, etc.
Account: network prefix + mobile number

Protocol:
#ActivityPub
Friendly name:
#Fediverse (or #SocialWeb) network
Software/brand:
#Calckey #Rebased #Akkoma #Hubzilla #Friendica #Pixelfed #Bookwyrm #Mastodon (to mention a few)
Account: @-username + @-instance-domain-name

@noodlejetski
@youronlyone @wilberfan and logging in through Elk is you using your Mastodon number on your own phone instead of the one your carrier has offered you (:
@noodlejetski Ahh! I've been thinking how to express frontends. That's a very good one!

@wilberfan