Nadru

@mpj17@mastodon.nz

Yes!

Okay, this is a very short and simplified answer.

The federated universe or #Fediverse is a network of thousands of independent instances (nodes, servers, systems).

Each instance is free to select the software, they want to run, as long as they agree to speak a common language to communicate to each other: Currently this is very often the protocol #ActivityPub.

So different software may have different ideas in mind, they may focus on different topics, e.g. micro-blogging, macro-blogging, images, videos, etc.

That also means different capabilities, e.g. regarding the maximum length of a post or if it allows simply formatting or not etc.

Many server software is #OpenSource, so everyone can not only use it, but also modify it. So besides the different software types, you can also have variants of it.

And as #ActivityPub is an open standard, you can also develop your own approach or a full new solution.

Just some examples of #Fediverse server software, that you can use to run and operate an instance in the world-wide federated universe:

#Mastodon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)

#Friendica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica

#Misskey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misskey

#Pleroma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleroma_(software)

#Pixelfed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed

#PeerTube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube

Enjoy the open world (universe!) and the real social media... and a nice weekend... :-)