Best analogue I’ve heard is to think of it like email. Google can run Gmail, Microsoft can run Hotmail, and countless others can run their own email setups and everyone talks to each other just fine.
The fediverse is the same. Lemmy is made from a bunch of randos running their own Lemmy servers, but we all interact like it’s one big Reddit-clone.
It’s good. If you can find enjoyment in a book that’s more about it’s fascinating premise than it is about it’s characters then it’s especially good.
Same, as I read it I’ve been thinking of it as Chinese Michael Crichton, but overall it’s been very good.
“This tastes like grandma!” wins for me because it’s immediately followed by Chief Wiggum: “You’re right son, it DOES taste like grandma!”
Incredibly good