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Does email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i think it might in theory

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I think email is federated, but it's not a social network in the usual sense of the word. You don't have public feeds and profiles and such. Mailing lists are probably the closest thing, but you still have to subscribe to those to receive messages.