If you recently downloaded Meta’s new Threads app — a social media platform some say rivals Twitter — you may have noticed it plans to join the fediverse.
Before you can join Threads, a disclaimer pops up: “Future versions of Threads will work within the fediverse, a new type of social media network that allows people to follow and interact with each other on different platforms.”
What exactly does that mean?
Imagine posting a tweet on Facebook or liking an Instagram reel on TikTok.
The fediverse — a combination of the words federation and universe — is a loose collective of decentralized servers that
