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diff --git a/content/federation.md b/content/federation.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2215d6b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/federation.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +--- +title: "Federation" +draft: true +tags: ["concepts", "activity-pub"] +--- + +The internet was supposed to be a place where everyone was an internet +SiCh. Everyone had their own website and email and own services. +Obviously, this site is all about getting back to that ideal. + +That\'s why it\'s important to understand the concept of +<dfn>Federation</dfn> in technology. It\'s the idea that instead of one +central \"node\" or site that everyone uses, like Facebook, Twitter, +Insta, R\*ddit, people can run their own sites that can nonetheless +_interact_ with othersites as easily as if they were the same. + +You already know one federated technology: email. There is no one site +for email, but many sites, and all people on all those sites can use +email to talk to one another. You can get censored on Facebook. You +can\'t get censored on \"email.\" You could have a Gmail account +deleted, but you are not blocked out of the system, as you can go to any +number of sites and get a new account or [make your own server](/email) and you can still talk to all your friends via +email. + +## \"Federated\" Social Media + +The idea of Federated Social Media is using that principle used in +email, but for other things, like chatting or social media. + +Here\'s an example. There is some software [you can install on your +server](/pleroma) called [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/). It can +be installed on your site just like a web or email server, but what it +does is creates a Twitter-like microblogging site. You can then have +your friends join and use it just like you use Twitter, with you as the +admin and deciding policy and you can even format and decorate the site +how you want. + +### It gets even better\... + +**But here is the clincher.** Federated social media like Pleroma can +interact with other Pleroma servers on the internet in the same way that +Gmail\'s servers can send messages to any other email server. So you +might have 2 people on your Pleroma site, but you can interact with the +many thousands of other Pleroma sites. + +There is seamless interaction. You can view, like, share and respond to +their posts as if they were part of your own site. + +### And it gets even betterer\... + +Pleroma is based on a protocol called [Activity +Pub](https://activitypub.rocks/). This is also used by other software +like [PeerTube](https://joinpeertube.org/) (which is a self-hosted +YouTube-equivalent), [Friendica](https://friendi.ca/) (Facebook +equivalent). + +Accounts on _all_ of these platforms can view, interact with and participate with accounts on other platforms. +You can do the equivalent of posting a comment on a "YouTube" video from your "Twitter" account. |