What Does Federation Exactly mean?

hi guys, so I have migrated from reddit, I’m just confused what federation means exactly. what happens when I turn federation off in Kbin?

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  • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Federation is the reason I’m allowed to comment on this post, even though I’m on sh.itjust.works and not kbin.social

    It simply means that the instances (different websites) are connected, and you can see content from any that are federated as well as create posts or comment anywhere.

    Defederation is the opposite. That is your site deciding that they’d rather not have you, or any users on your instance, see or interact with other instances.