fediparty/source/_data/fediverse.json

{
  "article":
    {
      "definition": "is a new word made of two words: “federation” + “universe”",
      "preamble": "It is a 'federated' social network running on free open software on a myriad of computers across the globe. This means that not only are independent groups of people opting in to connect as peers to one another, it also means they are running many different kinds of openly-governed software on many different kinds of networks. There's no central corporation, 'platform', 'back-end', or website coordinating and controlling all the activity. Without such a centralized 'main entrance', it can take longer to discover which server, governed by what community and running what software, will be the best fit for you. The 'fediverse' (often abbreviated to 'fedi' and used as a prefix) has no built-in advertisements, no unaccountable algorithms, no big corporations dictating the rules. Everywhere else, we have small, 'cozy' communities of like-minded people and working out moderation and blocking and other messy human issues at human scale. Welcome!",
      "info": "Fediverse social networks differ from monolithic commercial platforms (like classic Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc) in that while your home server can be large or small, or can even be a global million-user platform, it still brings you content from other servers and platforms to which your home server 'federates'. Classic, one-company commercial platforms concentrate millions of users under one website and control policy, where they impose (ideally uniform and non-arbitrary) standards for moderation, trust, and safety; they also hoard as much data as they can about each user to better target advertising directly and indirectly. Fediverse platforms, on the other hand, are developed by a community of people from all over the world, independent from any company or official institution, a voluntarily federating to one another. You are free to register on any Fediverse website you like, and from there, most Fediverse websites give you some freedom about how widely or locally you can interact. The user-server relationship is more like one of stewardship in the Fediverse, and most users choose their long-term home based primarily on this relationship: how safe they feel and how much agency they have to publish, read, and interact as they see fit. Once one is familiar enough with the tools and has done a fair amount of research, someone can spin up a self-hosted or managed service and start administering a 'server' for their friends, family, or community. This creates internal as well as global channels for connecting with a patchwork of thousands of other independent servers across the web.",
      "reading":
        [
          {
            "title": "Privacy and Tracking on the Fediverse",
            "url": "https://blog.soykaf.com/post/privacy-and-tracking-on-the-fediverse"
          },
          {
            "title": "Distributed Social Networks and Public History",
            "url": "http://publichistory.media/2016/02/21/distributed-social-networks-and-public-history"},
          {
            "title": "Mastodon Timeline",
            "url": "http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/entry/335"
          },
          {
            "title": "A quick guide to the Free Network",
            "url": "https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334"
          },
          {
            "title": "The Web Is For User Agency",
            "url": "https://berjon.com/user-agency/"
          }
        ],
      "projects":
        ["nodes.fediverse.party", "fedidb.org", "fediverse.observer", "the-federation.info", "fediverse.to", "fedi.directory"],
      "knowledge":
        ["fedi.tips", "joinfediverse.wiki", "fediverse.info", "jointhefediverse.net"],
      "latest":
        ["fediversereport.com", "wedistribute.org", "mitra.social/@weekinfediverse"],
      "forDevs":
        ["fedidevs.org", "funfedi.dev", "socialhub.activitypub.rocks"]
    }
}