How can i know whether a website is a part of the fediverse?

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Papanca@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

Is there an easy way to see if something is an instance or community on the fediverse, or ‘just’ a forum on the web? For instance, would it always be mentioned in a sidebar? I know there are lists of instances, but i am hoping for something easier. I might be overlooking something glaringly obvious, but i thought i would ask.

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muzzle@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t think there is a prescribed way to advertise being part of the fediverse.

Hopefully there will be a fediverse icon (the colorful pentagram somewhere on the page.

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- Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That would be great. Thank you for your answer!
  
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- bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Hail rainbow Satan!
  
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  - hansl@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Satan accepts all LGBT+ in hell, equally.
    
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NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Easiest way to know for sure is probably to search for it on fedidb.org. Instances don’t need to tell you they’re on the fediverse, but most of them have a link to the source code which will probably mention activitypub somewhere.

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- Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yes, but i was hoping for something visible at a glance. Thanks for the link; i had seen it, but forgot about it
  
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_thisdot@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
it’s up to them tbh. Things like Lemmy are ultimately ways to build your own forums. Whether they want to be part of the federation or keep it hidden is their choice. But I guess there’d be some way to build a browser extension to figure out if the website is using any popular fediverse platforms (mastodon, lemmy, etc.)

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- Papanca@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Well, it would be nice if they had something like a setting that is activated by default to show they are part of the federation and when they would want to hide it, to switch it off. I don’t know, not a programmer. You bring up an interesting point though; i did not think of the fediverse as just a way of building your own forum. Thanks for your input
  
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