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Does the concept of the fediverse act as a template for original apps that couldn't be done with non fediverse software? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The federation aspect adds complexity. A lot of complexity.

The only thing the fediverse might enable is nobodies like me can theoretically write social media software and actually get them successful without becoming a VC funded social media startup and have to resort to ads and premium tiers.

But things that couldn't be done without the fediverse as a base? Nah not really.

Note that the concept of federation is really old. Emails are a form of federation. XMPP was federated too. Heck, Diaspora* is pretty old and tried to make open Facebook for almost as long as Facebook's been mainstream.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

XMPP is still federated.