Trying to wrap my head around the fediverse. Is each instance like another person with a server? Could that person just shut it down whenever they wanted to?

Are there any companies that have invested in hosting Lemmy/ other fediverse servers?

Sorry I’m sure I messed up some of the terminology, I hope my questions make sense! I love the idea of the fediverse as I understand it, but I like to dig into these details.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    Ah Plus… I liked Plus.

    If only Google had made it available to more people sooner rather than having that dumb invite system.

    I genuinely think they could have wiped FB out. Whether Google are any better is another question of course.

    • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Google could have also made a competent messaging service to compete with iMessage but just… Didn’t until like 2019

      • whoreticulture@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        9 months ago

        I actually used google’s chat to talk with my family for a while, like 2010s I think. Everyone thought it was weird though, I only used it because my parents did 😂