Chris TrottierMay 30, 2023
What is the Fediverse?

The clue is in the name! It's a portmanteau of "Federated Universe".

It's not a platform nor is it an ecosystem, it's an entire universe of stuff!

Now think about what's in our literal universe: galaxies, black holes, comets, cosmic dust, planets, an unfathomable amount of stuff.

This is not unlike the Fediverse which also has lots of stuff 🌌

#LearnFediverse
Show threadChris TrottierMay 30, 2023
But what do we mean by "federation"? Before I go further, let me talk about my favourite science fiction: Star Trek!

In the 1960s, Star Trek introduced an interesting idea. It was called the United Federation of Planets (UFoP).

The idea was that a whole lot of planets came together to build an organization greater than themselves.

Humanity got together with other alien species to cooperate. Rather than going to war, we humans created diplomatic ties with Vulcans, Andorians, and Tellarites to build something greater than ourselves.

Seeing the power of cooperation, even more alien species joined the United Federation of Planets, pooling resources together, to build prosperity.

This is not so different from the Fediverse. In fact, the fictional UFoP works a lot the Fediverse!

#LearnFediverse
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦May 30, 2023

@atomicpoet made this one over a decade ago. Seems on-topic.

This was back when Earth was young. Before GNU Social became StatusNet, in times of MediaGoblin, when Mastodons did not yet roam the planet.

Show threadmorphMay 30, 2023
@rysiek I can remember it. 😄
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦May 30, 2023
@morph wait, the times or this very image? 
Show threadmorphMay 30, 2023
@rysiek The magnificent artwork.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦May 30, 2023

@morph  

 

Seriously, thank you for saying that. It's wonderful to hear that such long-term continuity exists!

Show threadmorph
@rysiek It's great that it's going on. I was sad when the statusnet vanished and I thought that was it.
May 30, 2023 at 8:57pmWeb
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦May 30, 2023

@morph yeah, same. And then I discovered fedi.

Great to reconnect here!

Show threadmorphMay 30, 2023
@rysiek !vivalafederation 🖖🏻