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Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe. This universe is comprised of self-governing servers that are federated (i.e. interconnected). The servers in the fediverse can communicate with each other by following open communication protocols like ActivityPub and OStatus. | Fediverse is a portmanteau of federation and universe. This universe is comprised of self-governing servers that are federated (i.e. interconnected). The servers in the fediverse can communicate with each other by following open communication protocols like ActivityPub and OStatus. | ||
===What does self-governing servers mean in the context of the fediverse?=== | ===What does "self-governing servers" mean in the context of the fediverse?=== | ||
Self-governing here refers to the fact that each server in the fediverse has their own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy policy, privacy options, moderation policies, and/or decision-making policies. | Self-governing here refers to the fact that each server in the fediverse has their own code of conduct, terms of service, privacy policy, privacy options, moderation policies, and/or decision-making policies. | ||
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===What are identities on the fediverse?=== | ===What are identities on the fediverse?=== | ||
Members of an instance can create accounts for things like microblogging, hosting videos, social networking, etc. These accounts are commonly referred to as identities. | Members of an instance can create accounts for things like microblogging, hosting videos, social networking, etc. These accounts are commonly referred to as identities. | ||
===What is Mastodon?=== | ===What is Mastodon?=== | ||
A lot of servers on the fedi self-host various open-source softwares that enable federated communication. Mastodon is such a free and open source software that uses the ActivityPub protocol for inter-instance and intra-instance communication. | A lot of servers on the fedi self-host various open-source softwares that enable federated communication. Mastodon is such a free and open source software that uses the ActivityPub protocol for inter-instance and intra-instance communication. | ||
===Which software is neuromatch.social running on its instance?=== | ===Which software is neuromatch.social running on its instance?=== | ||
We are currently running [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc] which is a friendly fork of Mastodon. | We are currently running [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc] which is a friendly fork of Mastodon. | ||
===How is my data protected on neuromatch.social?=== | ===How is my data protected on neuromatch.social?=== | ||
Disclaimer - while our node provider (Linode) takes daily and weekly backups of everything on our server, we cannot guarantee that data backup in case the node provider itself goes down. | Disclaimer - while our node provider (Linode) takes daily and weekly backups of everything on our server, we cannot guarantee that data backup in case the node provider itself goes down. | ||
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===What is your data-privacy policy?=== | ===What is your data-privacy policy?=== | ||
DMs are not end-2-end encrypted on our server. Moderators and Admins can see DMs but they won't unless there is a report filed against a user or an legal circumstances demand for this. | DMs are not end-2-end encrypted on our server. Moderators and Admins can see DMs but they won't unless there is a report filed against a user or an legal circumstances demand for this. | ||
===Where is neuromatch.social's Mastodon instance physically located?=== | ===Where is neuromatch.social's Mastodon instance physically located?=== | ||
Our server is located in NJ, Newark region in the US. | Our server is located in NJ, Newark region in the US. | ||
===In the by-laws you mention, "We envision building a decentralized cooperatively-governed global community ...". What does decentralized and cooperatively-governed mean here?=== | ===In the by-laws you mention, "We envision building a decentralized cooperatively-governed global community ...". What does decentralized and cooperatively-governed mean here?=== | ||