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t1@t1@misskey.id (2026-09-02 20:47:40)
how did the fediverse start
like
who came up with the idea of federation for social networks ​:blobcatthinking:​
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ivy@ivy@misskey.id (2026-09-02 23:39:46)
@t1 

think we started with gnu social (diff federation protocol than what we use here)
but the idea of decentralised social networks probably goes back to Usenet

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t1@t1@misskey.id (2026-09-03 10:01:08)
@ivy wait usenet is decentralized? i thought it was mostly used for piracy, not sure how it works tho. iirc you had to pay to get access or something?

is gnu social still alive? i’ve never seen someone use it or even heard of its servers