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[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Or Matrix, which is federated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Telorand@reddthat.com -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's decentralized, not federated I thought...? Are there other services that use the Matrix protocol? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Federated means that different servers can talk to each other and decentralized means that there is no server. There is also nothing stopping someone from using the Matrix protocol to create another service, though I don't know of one that exists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) and decentralised means there is no server no, it means there's no central server. You still need a Matrix server to handle communications, but there's no "central matrix server", the servers discover each other based on a baked-in "known good" server list + ad-hoc discovery (e.g. if a server has a group chat with a member of a server your server doesn't know yet, and you join that group chat, your server and the unknown one exchange metadata and so on). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) You just described federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com -2 points 6 months ago (1 child) It's decentralized, not federated I thought...? Are there other services that use the Matrix protocol? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Federated means that different servers can talk to each other and decentralized means that there is no server. There is also nothing stopping someone from using the Matrix protocol to create another service, though I don't know of one that exists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) and decentralised means there is no server no, it means there's no central server. You still need a Matrix server to handle communications, but there's no "central matrix server", the servers discover each other based on a baked-in "known good" server list + ad-hoc discovery (e.g. if a server has a group chat with a member of a server your server doesn't know yet, and you join that group chat, your server and the unknown one exchange metadata and so on). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) You just described federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Federated means that different servers can talk to each other and decentralized means that there is no server. There is also nothing stopping someone from using the Matrix protocol to create another service, though I don't know of one that exists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) and decentralised means there is no server no, it means there's no central server. You still need a Matrix server to handle communications, but there's no "central matrix server", the servers discover each other based on a baked-in "known good" server list + ad-hoc discovery (e.g. if a server has a group chat with a member of a server your server doesn't know yet, and you join that group chat, your server and the unknown one exchange metadata and so on). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) You just described federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) and decentralised means there is no server no, it means there's no central server. You still need a Matrix server to handle communications, but there's no "central matrix server", the servers discover each other based on a baked-in "known good" server list + ad-hoc discovery (e.g. if a server has a group chat with a member of a server your server doesn't know yet, and you join that group chat, your server and the unknown one exchange metadata and so on). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) You just described federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 6 months ago (1 child) You just described federation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fonix232@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago No, this is called decentralisation. Federation would be the exchange of rules, policies, blocklists, etc., beyond the ability of servers to talk to each other. permalink fedilink source parent