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Fediverse

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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

TIL this is an asterism, but I’m moreso enjoying the word dinkus right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

You have rare condition of asterism. You need to check your dinkus.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana 2 points 5 months ago

Asterisms used as dinkuses in the James Joyce novel Ulysses, the "Wandering Rocks" chapter, from the 1922 edition.

Wikipedia is wild