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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

How do you explain the Fediverse to someone who has never heard of it?

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How do you explain the Fediverse to someone who has never heard of it?

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Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

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I typically bring up email. I can have Gmail, you can have Yahoo mail, and Jimmy can have his home made email server and we can all email each other.

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