After reading a bit about Usenet, it seems to me as if the whole Fediverse seems to be just a reinvention of Usenet.

What’s the big difference?

  • miraclerandy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Here’s an analogy from a non technical person.

    Fediverse is the universe.

    The protocol is the laws of nature by which the universe functions.

    Lemmy is a galaxy or cluster of galaxies in the universe.

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      1 year ago

      Thanks, I know how the fediverse works and what protocols is. My question was about the Usenet and the Fediverse serving exactly the same purpose in almost the same way.