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What are some examples of original fediverse software, not emulating existing platforms? (lemm.ee)

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Put another way, what are some examples of software built with federation in mind from the start, rather than on top of a more centralized design?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

That's my take on it too.

Late Web 1.0/early Web 2.0 we had a diverse ecosystem of forums, wikis, blogs (micro and macro), etc. The next logically step would have been to invent a protocol to get them talking to each other. Instead, the Big Web offered everyone convenience as long as they were happy living inside their walled garden, which was fine until it wasn't.

We're now just trying to fix the mistake of trusting the Big Web and get back to where we were before it all went wrong.

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