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Can someone please explain federation? (kbin.social)

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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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[–] jake_eric 2 points 1 year ago

The ability to federate is really just a bonus, it doesn't prevent making the core website good. Users don't need to learn anything about Federation to use the site, either.

Keep in mind that the entire Fediverse is still massively smaller than Reddit; content sharing between instances is a really useful and important way to have enough content for users to view and participate in.