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What's the fundamental difference between Fediverse/ActivityPub/Lemmy and the Usenet? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by squaresinger@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[-] miraclerandy@lemmy.world -4 points 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.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 5 points 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.

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