ROBIN MEETS THE #FEDIVERSE ROBIN: So #Mastodon is not the fediverse?GPT: No. Mastodon is one part of it.ROBIN: One part ...

ROBIN MEETS THE #FEDIVERSE ROBIN: So #Mastodon is not the fediverse?GPT: No. Mastodon is one part of it.ROBIN: One part of what?GPT: A large network of independently run communities that can communicate with one another.ROBIN: So my Mastodon #server is one #community #GPT: Exactly. Your #account lives there. It has its own administrators, rules, #moderation #culture and general #atmosphere.ROBIN: General atmosphere?GPT: Some servers feel like #libraries. Some feel like university #common rooms. Some feel like #pubs where everyone has read one article and now considers themselves an #expert.ROBIN: That sounds more like humanity.GPT: It is disturbingly similar.ROBIN: Who owns the fediverse?GPT: No one.ROBIN: Who is in charge?GPT: Also, no one.ROBIN: That sounds either very advanced or completely mad.GPT: Both can be true.ROBIN: So each server looks after its own patch? GPT: Yes. It can make #rules, moderate its space and decide which other servers it will interact with.ROBIN: But I can s...

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