It’s actually more like a post office than a pub :3
Activitypub is just a protocol that basically sends notifications between servers. It goes: “hey user on that server liked something on the other server - better let it know” and then the other server gets the notification, it processes what it means, and applies the like to the post… or comment or whatever other action
The fediverse contains quite a few services besides lemmy :3 there’s mastodon, peertube, pixelfed and a bunch of others. I can’t name them all off the top of my head, and im at work so no time to look them up
They work* but not great. I can post to Lemmy from pixelfed or mastodon and see the top level comments but don’t seem to be able to reply or see sub comments. Pixelfed amd mastodon work well together, not sure about friendica or misskey
It’s kind of foundational to the idea of the fediverse, as it means no one group is ever in charge of the whole platform, as if any disagreements arise people can always start up other servers with different rules
It’s actually more like a post office than a pub :3
Activitypub is just a protocol that basically sends notifications between servers. It goes: “hey user on that server liked something on the other server - better let it know” and then the other server gets the notification, it processes what it means, and applies the like to the post… or comment or whatever other action
So l can make a server of mine own and get linked to this post office service ??
Assuming you have the skills for it, yes you could :3
Is lemmy the only means of joining this post office service ?
The fediverse contains quite a few services besides lemmy :3 there’s mastodon, peertube, pixelfed and a bunch of others. I can’t name them all off the top of my head, and im at work so no time to look them up
Friendica and Misskey ?
They work* but not great. I can post to Lemmy from pixelfed or mastodon and see the top level comments but don’t seem to be able to reply or see sub comments. Pixelfed amd mastodon work well together, not sure about friendica or misskey
How it works with the idea of the fediverse ?
It’s kind of foundational to the idea of the fediverse, as it means no one group is ever in charge of the whole platform, as if any disagreements arise people can always start up other servers with different rules
I have been banned by 4 instances of lemmy, and also floss.social…