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Can someone please explain federation? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello all! I'm one of the original reddit users, and before that a long time Digg user. I want to enjoy and participate in the fediverse.

Can someone please explain federation, and to what degree the content from other platforms / instances will appear for a user who only visits kbin.social? I understand that federation is currently broken. What happens when it gets fixed?

I tried searching, but no luck. If there's a fan or link, all the better :D

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[–] BecomingTheFalcon 8 points 1 year ago

All that is to say, it sounds complicated, but none of that stuff really matters unless you care about the tech behind it. For the end user like you and me, you just gotta pick a site and make an account, and it works pretty seamlessly. At least it should, the devs are seeing some growing pains right now as registrations ramp up and cause things to break. But hopefully that stuff will get worked out with a little time.