Interconnected group of reddits. Any such reddit is called a ‘instance’.
Instead of having one instance, you have multiple independent instances that can see each other’s content and post on each.
That makes them federated. Some instances filter what their users can see, others don’t. They can be self-hosted.
Unlike in the OG reddit, votes are transparent, and you can see if users got banned somewhere with the reasons why.
I’ld describe it more as “reddit, but without a single company owning all the login servers. Anyone (wirh money) can make their own server and make subs on there, even have their own rules, but you can still visit other servers all on one account, so nobody really has control over all the subs to make up stupid rules for them.”
It’s the dumbed down explanation, but it’s essentially the difference for non-nerds.
Interconnected group of reddits. Any such reddit is called a ‘instance’.
Instead of having one instance, you have multiple independent instances that can see each other’s content and post on each.
That makes them federated. Some instances filter what their users can see, others don’t. They can be self-hosted.
Unlike in the OG reddit, votes are transparent, and you can see if users got banned somewhere with the reasons why.
I’ld describe it more as “reddit, but without a single company owning all the login servers. Anyone (wirh money) can make their own server and make subs on there, even have their own rules, but you can still visit other servers all on one account, so nobody really has control over all the subs to make up stupid rules for them.”
It’s the dumbed down explanation, but it’s essentially the difference for non-nerds.