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c/asklemmy · by Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 3y

So, how does the fediverse work?

I want to take a crash course in Fediverse. I was browsing stuff on Mastadon and voila! I found these communities on Mastadon but I wasn't able to post anything, but I was however able to reply to stuff. I don't know how this works. I won't be reading it now, but I want to know more about Fediverse, so a book or documentary, something really detailed would help (just don't send me a website please :')

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hsl@wayfarershaven.eu · 13 pts · 3y

Per rule #3, this community isn't meant for support questions. Please take a look at the sidebar for suggestions on better places for your question.

Hiru@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (2 replies)

If you are trying to interact with Lemmy communities, you’d be better off using a Lemmy account instead of Mastodon.

Up to some degree Mastodon and Lemmy can interact between them, but that will certainly makes things a lot harder for you.

peter@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

This is ironically is the biggest problem with the fediverse in my opinion, eveything is connected and interoperable in some way but also not fully. It's confusing and probably puts a lot of people off

bettyspaghetti@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

100% this. I've worked in tech for over a decade now and feel like a damn boomer trying to figure out how to make lemmy and kbin work together.

nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 3y

It's easy to find very oversimplified information or excessively complex info. Pretty hard to learn without someone that knows a lot answering specific questions after you learn the basics. Hopefully someone gives a nice clear mid level explanation for ya.

fubo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

If you're up for reading Internet standards documents, start here with the official standard for ActivityPub, the protocol that it's all built on.

shrugal@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Here is an in-depth technical explaination video.

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