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Federation is pretty cool, but kinda confusing, and maybe a little scary

shkspr.mobi Federation is pretty cool, but kinda confusing, and maybe a little scary

Last week, this strange mention appeared on my Mastodon feed. After a bit of clicking around, I figured out what had happened. A user on the Kbin social network had linked to my Mastodon profile. Thanks to the magic of the ActivityPub protocol, it filtered into my mentions - even though I've never e...

Federation is pretty cool, but kinda confusing, and maybe a little scary

I've been on the Fediverse since 2016, and I still get a little mixed up by how things work.

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