Instances are servers like lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works.
Federation is a shared language that lets the servers store content from similar servers on instances so users on instance 1 can see posts from instance 2.
A forum is a message board, they have been around since the dawn of the web. It’s like the comment section on lemmy or reddit but without threading.
Instances are servers like lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works.
Federation is a shared language that lets the servers store content from similar servers on instances so users on instance 1 can see posts from instance 2.
A forum is a message board, they have been around since the dawn of the web. It’s like the comment section on lemmy or reddit but without threading.