Information regarding what the Fediverse is and what it means for our site.

This previously wasn’t something we’ve brought up much in introducing this site to some of you, mostly because we weren’t sure it was going to work at all. But, after a very successful (and easy) test run, our timeline and all member accounts are being mirrored to any Fediverse connected network.

If you’re unfamiliar with what the Fediverse is, it’s most easily explained by exploring the website https://fediverse.party/. It’s a collection of individual servers that make up social media networks being ran independently. There’s been a lot more talk about decentralized and federated platforms as alternatives to places like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook after the recent TikTok ban drama in the United States. This is part of the reason why this site was created in the first place, there has to be better alternatives than allowing Meta platforms to mine our data for profit.

As an example, many of the apps on the Fediverse mirror major social media sites. Mastodon is an alternative to Twitter and Pixelfed an alternative to Instagram. Now, both of those sites now have something incredible in common: All members who post there can post to our timeline here. As we post here, all of our content is automatically generated to a profile that is viewable on other Fediverse platforms. When comments respond to us on those platforms, they also appear here, and when we respond here, those same comments appear instantly on those other sites.

In the coming days and weeks we will post more content about what our project is to help viewership in the Fediverse connect with us.

TLDR: Our Federation is going to get a whole lot bigger, because action.rebelfederation.com is now a node in the Fediverse.