The Fediverse: A New Era of Social Media

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The Fediverse explained in 4 minutes: watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say.

🌍 There are subtitles available in: English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swedish and traditional Chinese.

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Alternative video location (should PeerTube be down): Vimeo

Credits

Director: Elena Rossini
Writing: Elena Rossini & Sam Aaberg
Cinematography: Sam Aaberg & Riyen Patel
Camera operator: Riyen Patel
Editing & motion graphics: Elena Rossini


Special thanks to


🇨🇿 Jan Dytrych for the Czech translation
🇩🇰 Fritjof for the Danish translation
🇳🇱 Erik Kemp for the Dutch translation
🇫🇷 sknob for help with the French translation
🇩🇪 Severin for the German translation
🇮🇹 Claudio for help with the Italian translation
🇰🇷 Hong Minhee for the Korean translation
🇧🇷 Tarcísio Surdi for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
🇪🇸 Daniel Casanueva for the Spanish translation
🇸🇪 Jan Ainali for the Swedish translation
🇹🇼 Pen-Yuan Hsing for the Traditional Chinese translation

For additional articles on the Fediverse, check out my blog series The Future is Federated:

The Future is Federated - Elena Rossini

The Future is Federated is a series of essays about the Fediverse with the goal of introducing it to people not familiar with it... and showing interoperability between projects for more advanced users. The future is already here, thanks to the magic of ActivityPub!

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Last Update: June 10, 2025

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