Into the Fediverse - by David Hoang - Proof of Concept

Decentralized social networks are a concept I’ve been interested in for years. The federation of social networks is also known as the Fediverse. Contrary to the name, the Fediverse’s namesake has nothing to do with Britney Spear’s ex, Kevin Federline. The Verge offers a clear description of the experience of the Fediverse: The fediverse is as if you took X, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook and made them all interoperable so you could post anything from anywhere, and all your followers would be guaranteed to see it. And if you wanted to leave one platform for another, you could bring all your content, all your followers, all your everything with you. My interest in the Fediverse started in 2018 with the introduction of ActivityPub and the existential question, “What is the town square of the internet?” Whether creators of social networks knew it or not, apps like Facebook and Twitter became large media platforms people relied on for news. I vividly remember reading the news abo

Decentralized social networks are a concept I’ve been interested in for years. The federation of social networks is also known as the Fediverse. Contrary to the name, the Fediverse’s namesake has nothing to do with Britney Spear’s ex, Kevin Federline. The Verge offers a clear description of the experience of the Fediverse: The fediverse is as if you took X, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook and made them all interoperable so you could post anything from anywhere, and all your followers would be guaranteed to see it. And if you wanted to leave one platform for another, you could bring a