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How can you explain the Fediverse to someone? (media.kbin.run)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you where to try and explain the Fediverse to someone, how would you explain it with it's different instances? As well as explain why it is better in some ways for the future of the Internet?

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Constantly, through obtuse similes that only make sense if you already understand what is being explained to you and mostly to each other, rather than to anybody who wouldn't know.

But still, by that point you have an account, so you're already set.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obtuse similes... Like the email thing...?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Okay, look, I'm being mildly facetious here, but the genuine, serious point is that the differences interoperability introduces aren't that big of a deal in common use, they're not a selling point to average users and there are plenty of readily available resources to catch up after the fact.

The selling points should be about the features and content. You seriously don't need a tutorial on interoperability before making an account, just perhaps a suggestion of a good default instance to join on the service of your choice.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

skeletons all looking at you

Imagine being on the Fediverse and not wanting to explain to everybody how it's the best thing since sliced bread

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, wait until you hear what I think of the name "Fediverse".