Federation is how two different instances are able to communicate within the Fediverse. The current worldwide email system is also based on the idea of federation, but it is not within the Fediverse. Hope that clears it up a bit!
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The Fediverse == A federation
startrek == The Federation
i seem room for slang here, and im messy.
The Fediverse == The federation ??
/obtuse geriatric
Star Trek has a federation of Humans, Vulcans, and many other races. Their ships are still separate, but they work together.
The Fediverse has a federation of Startrek.Website, Lemmy.World, Sh.itjustwo.rks, etc.
Email has a federation of gmail.com, yahoo.com, microsoft.com, aol.com, every corporate.com, spectrum.net, tons and tons of small servers. This is probably the biggest federation. Many servers will choose to only federate with specific instances, or may explicitly defederate with a list of instances. If I stand up a private, home email on my own domain, there's no guarantee that your work will accept my emails.
The fediverse is the network of federated instances
Federation is the process by which content and interactions are aggregated and shared between all instances
They're definitely not interchangeable words.
Incidentally I can't load the link you shared, it takes me to a blank homepage for some instance
i think i fixed that link. posting inline images/links seems a bit wonky from my instance. drivin me bonkers
only if you ask nicely. lol
also: i do the same thing so much that i'm not sure which is which sometimes