I read a lot about Threads and defederation. And I only have a vague Idea what defederation is.

  • Anon_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Federated = Email. Different email providers (Gmail, Microsoft, iCloud, etc.) can all communicate with each other freely and using the same protocol.

    Defederated = No longer federated.

    Not federated = Your company’s internal Teams/Slack/whatever messaging system. Even tho they theoretically could communicate without other messengers and/or people outside of the company, they typically don’t do they’re just their own little bubble.

    Lemmy is federated, Facebook is not.