Fediverse
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The fediverse is an ensemble of social networks which can communicate with each other through a common networking protocol (ActivityPub) while remaining independent platforms. Users on different social networks and websites can send and receive updates from others across the network.
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+## History
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+The term fediverse was first used to describe the network formed by software using the OStatus protocol, such as GNU Social, Mastodon, and Friendica.
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+In January 2018, the W3C presented the ActivityPub protocol, aiming to improve the interoperability between different software packages run on a wide network of servers. By 2019, a majority of software that was previously using OStatus had switched to ActivityPub, and the term "fediverse" came to refer to the ActivityPub-based federated network.