Federated universe is a decentralized, federated social media network that is interoperable with each other by using a common protocol.
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Great article! I had not heard of many of these projects, and it's great to see an intelligent conversation about the struggle to keep social content accessible and "complete", for lack of a better word, while also providing necessary structure to curb abuses from users, criminals, and gatekeepers alike.
Neatly separated the concerns of content, algorithm, and branding.
In other words, in the past, Bluesky was supposed to be the protocol, with Twitter being one platform using Bluesky’s protocol. But when Elon killed everything, Bluesky also had to step up and replace the Twitter part — the service part — itself, offering a reference app built on the protocol.
Huh. I did not know that.