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Does email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse? (self.fediverse)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by jimmy90 to c/fediverse

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i think it might in theory

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[–] zeppo 3 points 8 months ago (7 children)

The others listed are bluesky, nostra and farcast. I suppose we could count protocols that nobody uses…

[–] thantik 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

They literally use email as an example in the wiki page, lol

[–] zeppo 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The mention of email is

Even so, much like how users of one email service such as Gmail can still send emails to users of another service such as Outlook, users may still view content and interact with users on any other instance in the fediverse

which implicitly says email is not considered part of the fediverse by comparing the two.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

It seems like reading comprehension is not what it used to be.

"Much like" == "very similar too" AKA, "close, but no cigar"

You wouldn't compare something to the same something, that's kind of the point of comparisons.

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