http://u.qdnx.org/file/erkanyilmaz-20130705T011546-h8xpxkx.html
"The goal of #federation, as I see it, is for services such as this one (and #friendica, #buddycloud, #identica / #statusnet, #onesocialweb, #rstatus, #jappix, #libertree) to eventually be fully #interfederated, so that by having one account on one server/tree/pod/site, a person can fully communicate with people who are using an account on any of the others." cc @question