I-Fediverse iyi-portmanteau yamagama amabili "umfelandawonye" kanye "nomkhathi". Igama elivamile lamanethiwekhi omphakathi ahlanganisiwe asebenza ngesofthiwe evulekile yamahhala kumaseva amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokomlando, leli gama lifake kuphela izinkundla ze-microblogging ezisekela isethi yezimiso ezibizwa ngokuthi i-OStatus. Lokhu akwenzanga ubulungiswa enanini elikhulu lamaphrojekthi ahlanganisayo, abelana ngamavelu afanayo futhi adumile ngokunengqondo. Ngokubukeka nokwamukelwa okubanzi kwephrothokholi entsha ebizwa ngokuthi i-ActivationPub akwenzi mqondo ukuqhubeka nokuhlukanisa umhlaba ohlangene ube amaphrojekthi we-“OStatus” kanye “ne-non-OStatus”. Lo mhlahlandlela uhlanganisa wonke amanethiwekhi ahlangene axhumene ngaphansi kwegama elilodwa elithi “Fediverse”.
Iqoqo elimangalisayo le-fediverse! Amabhulokhi angu-4/5 kuphela ngoba lawa ahlungwa ngokuhweba mahhala, ngakho-ke ezinye zezimo zingaba nabalandeleli noma zikucele ukuthi uhwebe ngenkululeko yakho ngokungavumeli ama-akhawunti/okuthunyelwe okuthile.