It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.
What do you think?
It would tie in better with the email analogy, and it could show that they all just provide access to the same network.
What do you think?
Provider has the connotation of being a paid provider for services. While it’s a technically accurate analogy, I prefer the more abstract comparison of considering the fediverse a meeting place rather than a paid service since it’s a mostly volunteer and self hosted network compared to email.
I disagree. Gmail is my email provider. I don’t pay for it. (Yeah I know they are taking ad revenue.)
Instance is unnecessary jargon.