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What exactly is the Fediverse? (discuss.online)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Is it any service that includes the ability to federate? If so, are Matrix/XMPP/other non-ActivityPub services part of the Fediverse, or does Fediverse really just mean ActivityPub?

The context is wanting to promote a Matrix chat room on discuss.online: #online.discuss:discuss.online (see post). Does it belong in Lemmy communities like this one, !fedigrow@lemm.ee, etc? Or does it not count as part of the Fediverse?

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

Matrix servers can talk to each other, so yes, they are federated. But Matrix is not ActivityPub.

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