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A community to talk about the Fediverse and all it's related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc).

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Opportunity to educate potential users about the fediverse (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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With the advent of Reddit going public and selling user data an opportunity has arisen. I still consume Reddit from time to time and noticed in the threads about these things that a lot of displeased users were there. But when they ask what alternatives there are, lemmy is barely mentioned at all. So if you're still on there, this is a chance to educate others about the fediverse and alternatives.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Remember if you do:
Don't get caught up in the technical details, those aren't what matter to many people. Obvious exceptions if they express interest in hosting a server.

Don't talk in the jargon of fediverse this, federated that, those mean nothing to outsiders. Unless they ask for further details, but even then, use more familiar terms like saying it's a website connected to other sites or whatever might help bridge understanding.

Do point them to whichever instance you're on, or seems relevant to whatever interests they may have mentioned, to join. One of the big problems people mention is figuring out which site/instance to join and how to navigate around here, take this opportunity to help them cut through that.

Ask them which subreddits/accounts they've joined or like to follow where they are as relates to the platform they're trying to move from (i.e. Reddit/Twitter/etc.), and try to help point them to either their equivalents or similar that may be found around here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Came here to basically say this, especially the first couple points. I've talked a few people into trying various Fedi services and cannot overstate just how much they DO NOT CARE about the techy underpinnings of it all. People just want to know a) it's cool b) where to sign up c) where to find the content they're looking for.

Anything else can wait until they learn it naturally over time or specifically ask the question.