Is it correct to say the #Fediverse and #BlueSky are "federated" by protocol bridges?

[eyeinthesky@mastodon.social]

Is it correct to say the #Fediverse and #BlueSky are "federated" by protocol bridges? I have similar question related to #Nostr and #Threads and other bridged protocols. Given the #Fediverse is #ActivityPub, what this larger federated social web called?

[reiver@mastodon.social]

@eyeinthesky

Only as a metaphor.

Federation happens between servers / nodes, not between networks.

[eyeinthesky@mastodon.social]

@reiver I'd consider interoperating social networks to be "federated", but I know it's not a precise term. There are similar ambiguities with other commonly used terms: decentralization, server, node, instance, and so on. We have our personal definitions but find that others have a different mental model than ours. It might be interesting to have a collaborative social web glossary that captures the variations of how these terms are used.