Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down111
arrow-up1344arrow-down1imageLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareembrcrndm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWould you mind doing a quick “ELI5”?
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’m probably not the right person to explain it as I still only have a rudimentary understand of it.
minus-squareKrafty :arcolinux: :neovim:@fosstodon.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@embrcrndm @altima_neo I’ll just say this: I’m currently sending this from Mastodon. Your instance and my instance both use the ActivityPub protocol which is likened to email by many people.
minus-squareKrafty :arcolinux: :neovim:@fosstodon.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year ago@embrcrndm No kidding :) Welcome to the #fediverse!
minus-squarejoshuaacasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses. Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.
Would you mind doing a quick “ELI5”?
I’m probably not the right person to explain it as I still only have a rudimentary understand of it.
Thanks anyway. I’ll read up!
@embrcrndm @altima_neo I’ll just say this: I’m currently sending this from Mastodon. Your instance and my instance both use the ActivityPub protocol which is likened to email by many people.
Whoa shit, that’s awesome!!
@embrcrndm No kidding :)
Welcome to the #fediverse!
It’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses.
Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.