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The Fediverse: What it is And Why You Should Care As a Creator
Elon Musk appears to be head bent on ruining X (formerly Twitter).
If that is your primary platform, you may want to move before the house comes crumbling. Moving is easy, the problem is that you’d need to start from zero to build your audience once on a new platform.
But this is not a problem specific to X. Meta is prone to data privacy violations across its many social networks. With an account on any of its platforms, you will also be faced with the same challenges should you see the need to move.
Now, imagine a world where there’s nothing like Facebook friends, or X, Instagram or TikTok followers. Where your friends and followers on one platform are your friends and followers on all platforms.
These platforms are different, with their strengths, weaknesses, tools, and moderation policies, but your online assets –friends and followers, are the same, and you follow the same accounts across all platforms. Also, all your posts on platform XYZ, for example, can be viewed on ABC, Instagram, or Facebook.
This is called the fediverse. It’s already gaining steam, and you should care.
