Put another way, what are some examples of software built with federation in mind from the start, rather than on top of a more centralized design?

  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This is helpful and I agree. You forgot Slack and IRC!

    I propose this breakdown of the basic software paradigms:

    • forum (Usenet, PHPBB, Reddit, YouTube, Discourse)
    • blog (Wordpress, Substack)
    • microblog (Twitter, Mastodon)
    • chatroom (IRC, Slack, Mattermost, Clubhouse if you count audio)

    God I hate it when people say “check my Substack”. It’s a blog dammit.