Can someone explain the Fediverse to me In simple terms? - eviltoast

I get the general gist, like email different instances can communicate with each other but beyond that I’m lost.

I’m sorry if this has been asked 1,000 times lol

Edit: Thanks for the answers this makes more sense now :)

  • Corgana@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Not exactly, because instances don’t sync communities nobody is subscribed to. That said, if you’re on a large instance like .world with tons of users, it’s likely you’ll see pretty much anything that could be considered worth seeing.

    • Ilikepornaddict@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year ago

      Oook, that explains why my .world acct, and this one are so vastly different. I pretty much just see news and tech from this instance (and porn, obviously)