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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2025
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Think of it like your email provider: you can still get email from Hotmail even if you have an AOL.com account.
Where this analogy breaks down is that some instances have defederated from others. This means "we don't want your data, and we won't import it."
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This was an enjoyable explanation
Just to defend your metaphor, email providers also sometimes defederate from specific others, due to spam/abuse.