People say that? How odd, that seems like a totally different world. I don’t agree with that sentiment! One is a general purpose communications protocol, the other is a community. As with any community, one can pick and choose who they fraternize with.
I think that’s a misunderstanding. ActivityPub the protocol that things like Lemmy or Mastodon are built upon is like email, connecting all the various implementations. Federation is more like choosing what you send to your spam folder if I’m trying to stay on the same metaphor.
That’s the point of federation! Choosing who you want in your community.
That’s fair, but then stop using the “federation is like email” propaganda.
People say that? How odd, that seems like a totally different world. I don’t agree with that sentiment! One is a general purpose communications protocol, the other is a community. As with any community, one can pick and choose who they fraternize with.
I think that’s a misunderstanding. ActivityPub the protocol that things like Lemmy or Mastodon are built upon is like email, connecting all the various implementations. Federation is more like choosing what you send to your spam folder if I’m trying to stay on the same metaphor.