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| Fediverse | |
| Status | Special case |
| Archiving status | Special case |
| Archiving type | Unknown |
| IRC channel | #fedisperse (on hackint) |
The Fediverse is a network of interoperating servers used for web publishing. Due to the federation, instances are constantly joining the network or disappearing.
The main protocol used in the fediverse is ActivityPub. Many software platforms exist; the most widely used ones as of early 2019 are Mastodon, Pleroma, PeerTube, Friendica, GNU social, and WriteFreely[1].
ArchiveTeam and the Fediverse
In May 2019, AT (or at any rate, what was seen from the outside as AT-as-a-unitary-actor) archived a Mastodon server called [berries.space berries.space][IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb], which caused blowback[2][3][4][5]. Subsequently AT has adopted a policy of not archiving Fediverse instances unless we get permission from the owners, which holds as of February 2024.