@flancian @TetraspaceGrouping the underlying protocol is ActivityPub and its pretty flexible! there are quite a few other apps running on it, such as PixelFed (Instagram clone) and Write.Freely (Medium clone), and they can all interact with each other. there are forks of Masto which modify features like this!
@pee_zombie @TetraspaceGrouping
Oh, good to know, thank you! I was aware of [[activitypub]] but I hadn't realized that it was Mastodon's protocol! That's truly great news. I'll read the standard with renewed interest :)
https://anagora.org/node/activitypub
Now I see @jakeisnt beat me to this realization :D