@pixelfed
I think you should look up "FidoNet"
Granted, it was "distributed" and not "Federated", but if you compare technologies available at the time, I think you'll find similarities there too.
Regardless, we're moving in a good direction!
@evan
Mastodon is the best way to keep up with what's happening.
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