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gnu_social_on_sdf [2021/03/09 14:07] – [Finding Groups] hc9gnu_social_on_sdf [2021/03/09 14:11] – [Understanding GNU social] hc9
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 Or, the GNU social server provides a [[https://webfinger.net/|WebFinger]] ID for you, which looks like an email address: Or, the GNU social server provides a [[https://webfinger.net/|WebFinger]] ID for you, which looks like an email address:
  
-|//nickname// @gs.sdf.org|+|//nickname//@gs.sdf.org|
  
 The WebFinger ID is used in GNU social for mentioning users on other nodes. There's more information on that up in the section on [[gnu_social_on_sdf#mentions_using|mentions]]. The WebFinger ID is used in GNU social for mentioning users on other nodes. There's more information on that up in the section on [[gnu_social_on_sdf#mentions_using|mentions]].
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 To some extent, each GNU social node is an island, a small Twitter or Facebook unto itself: you and the other users of SDF GNU social are visible to each other in the site directory, and the directory may be browsed or searched; when you post a public notice, everyone on SDF GNU social will see it in the Public Timeline, and all of those notices may be searched, replied to, repeated, and favored. To some extent, each GNU social node is an island, a small Twitter or Facebook unto itself: you and the other users of SDF GNU social are visible to each other in the site directory, and the directory may be browsed or searched; when you post a public notice, everyone on SDF GNU social will see it in the Public Timeline, and all of those notices may be searched, replied to, repeated, and favored.
  
-But SDF GNU social is also part of a world-wide network of servers using the OStatus protocol to enable their users to follow each other, join groups, and send notices between their nodes. OStatus provides inter-node communication, but it does //not// make the Fediverse into a sort-of distributed SuperTwitter — unfortunately, I think a lot of new users expect it to. Hopefully this brief explanation of how OStatus //federation// works will help you to understand how and why GNU social behaves the way it does.+But SDF GNU social is also part of a world-wide network of servers using the OStatus protocol to enable their users to follow each other, join groups, and send notices between their nodes. OStatus provides inter-node communication, but it does //not// make the Fediverse into a sort-of distributed SuperTwitter -- unfortunately, I think a lot of new users expect it to. Hopefully this brief explanation of how OStatus //federation// works will help you to understand how and why GNU social behaves the way it does.
  
 ==== The Fediverse is Defined by Relationships ==== ==== The Fediverse is Defined by Relationships ====
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