Fediverse is in the eye of the beholder, while ActivityPub is an open W3C standard social network communication protocol. They are not the same, see the diagram in my recent blog post on grassroots fediverse evolution.
https://coding.social/blog/grassroots-evolution
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npub12s…t6w0r
2026-06-25 09:33:45 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…katd
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2026-06-25 09:33:45 UTCEvent JSON
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