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.

๐ŸŒ There are subtitles available in: English, Czech, Danish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish and Swedish.

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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


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Jan Dytrych for the Czech translation
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Fritjof for the Danish translation
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Erik Kemp for the Dutch translation
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท sknob for help with the French translation
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Severin for the German translation
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Claudio for help with the Italian translation
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Hong Minhee for the Korean translation
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Tarcรญsio Surdi for the Portuguese Brazilian translation
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Daniel Casanueva for the Spanish translation
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Jan Ainali for the Swedish translation
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ 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