Guys, when you talk about the Fediverse to friends, family, or colleagues, how do you explain it?
Do you call it a “decentralized social network,” an “alternative to big tech,” or “a collection of open-source networks”? And how do you convince someone to create an account on Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc., without them getting scared by technical terms like instance, federated, or peer-to-peer?
I’m asking because my so-called friends don’t believe me and even call me crazy when I talk about this “nonsense.”
The future is open source, decentralized, and federated!
Most are too lazy/incompetent to inform themselves and stumble already on the ‘having to chose an instance’ as something to put into the too hard basket.
Me: Imagine reddit for left wing, privacy obsessed, Linux nerds.
Anyone else: I really don’t want to.
/scene
Me: Imagine reddit for left wing, privacy obsessed, Linux nerds.
Anyone else: I really don’t want to.
/scene
lmao
I still don’t really understand it tbh. I just know it’s not a corpo and I’ve never seen an ad on it, and for me those are wins
Got my first ad (or at least, the first I noticed) after submitting this. How ironic
Got my first ad (or at least, the first I noticed) after submitting this. How ironic
lol
“Imagine if social media were run by the people who use it instead of corporations selling ads through engagement at all costs.”
I don’t. I passively mention lemmy when I’m discussing my activities, and if they show interest I go into further detail. They have never shown an interest past “Whats a lemmy”
