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Well, to sum it up, it's a bunch of servers acting together like a big decentralised social media. They connect thanks to activitypub, and it's quite amazing.
Here's a good illustration, i think
For exemple, one can see your profile here from lemmy: lemmy.ml/u/camille_jamal but also from mastodon: https://mas.to/@Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml/ And even from misskey! https://misskey.io/@camille_jamal@lemmy.ml
Even though thoses three fedi services have very differents interfaces and ways of working, they can communicate thanks to activitypub.
If you check c/fediverse@lemmy.world, you'll see a bunch of useful links about the fediverse in their description.
I see you're banned, hope you'll still get my message, and that your ban is temporary... anyway have a nice day.
I was banned for making a joke about someones username.
User was braininabox and I said "what's it like being stuck in a box" which I meant in a lighthearted and playful way (oops, shouldve added a /j)