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Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 11 months ago (5 children)

The color codes and symbols aren't at all propagandist.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean technically, but it's not like it's trying to be subtle about it. From the page:

I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world [...]

The point is to discourage instances from federating with threads.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not over yet, friend. There are still things worth fighting for, and still so, so much more we could lose. Don't give up hope.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

A flawed democracy is still better than no democracy

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh lol they changed the interface. Just a day ago or so the colours were the opposite.

edit: proof

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I thought the same, then I saw the quote at the top of the page and realized it wasn’t strictly for information tracking

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Huzzah for data visualization. This effect is happening all around you, in all sorts of content.