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What if we called instances providers? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.

What do you think?

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[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, it's not like that at all, but it's ok to not care for it still. Lemmy is a federated platform, just like Pixelfed is, and Mastodon, etc. Those would be the providers in the example from before.

Edit to add: Literally every time the word "instance" comes up in the manner noted above, it's woth regard to a Lemmy instance, or a Mastodon instance, and rarely if ever have I noticed a reference to a "fediverse instance". I have no clue where your comparison comes from.