Etymology

fediverse

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Today it means: The distributed social media network of federated services using open standard communication protocols, especially ActivityPub and historically OStatus. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of federation + universe. The earliest known mention of fediverse on Twitter was in 2012. The earliest known use of fediverse by the W3C was in 2013.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 2012 The distributed social media network of federated services using open standard communication protocols, especially ActivityPub and historically OStatus.

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