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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

For those on traditional social media, I just say "What if Facebook and Twitter and YouTube could all talk to each other? People on Facebook could follow people on Twitter and people on Twitter can follow people on Facebook." Then they usually reply "that would be neat" and then I tell them "yeah, that's what we are building over here in the fediverse."

It usually is easier to give them an analogy related to something they are familiar with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ironically as a fediverse user I had a visceral reaction to reading that. That sounds like absolute nightmare fuel to me...

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

True. But when talking to someone who lives on traditional social media, it is an explanation they would understand. Sometimes you have to meet people where they are, not where you want them to be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I actually have separate accounts on the different fediverse products - for me it’s the decentralization of instances that’s the most appealing.

[–] [email protected] 220 points 3 days ago (7 children)

When I tell people the only social media I use is Lemmy, I always wait patiently for follow up questions immediately after, which never come, because nobody gives a shit about what obscure social media the 35 year old man uses.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 3 days ago (20 children)

I just say "I frequent a few niche forums". No follow up questions. I'm old as well.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

they all think you're talking about 4chan

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 days ago

I told one of my co-workers I used Lemmy, and he actually used Mastodan, so I'm the one who ended up asking him questions

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Hey I am not an 35 year old man! I am still in my 20's!

...well, 29 actually, shit.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What is misskey? I am a fediverse user and I don't even know what that is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Best way I can describe misskey as a user of it is that it's like mastodon but if they implemented every feature request possible. I mean it literally has a toggle to convert your text into cat speak for no other reason other than the dev felt like it. It even has its own markdown language to give your text crazy effects because who wouldn't want an emoji amplified 4 times that spins and changes color?

It uses activitypub as well so it's entirely interoperable with mastodon instances (although some functions like quote posts or the custom markdown language aren't formatted as nicely when viewed from a mastodon instance)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

toggle to convert your text into cat speak

SOLD!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

If you want to enable the setting, it's under

Settings > Profile > Advanced Settings > Mark this account as a cat

(wording/location may vary if you're using a misskey fork but it should be under the profile settings somewhere)

This will give your icon cat ears in public timelines and any text you write will be converted to catspeak. Works better in Japanese, which is the language it was designed for, but in English words like "now" get converted to "meow" for example.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

Microblog platform out of Japan
https://misskey-hub.net/en/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't even know who Nicole is???

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

One day she will come to your DMs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I've been blessed two times by her this week alone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Nicole, the fediverse chick

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Goddamnit! I love this and want to share it, but don't know anyone else that will appreciate it. Is this.. irony?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It is cyclical fate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can share it with me if you want!

[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 days ago (17 children)

Not even big instances, but big platforms I would say. Like, if you're lucky someone might have heard about Mastodon, but that's pretty much it.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 3 days ago (66 children)

The original comic is actually genius, and very true.

You clearly see it when the Linux users start prostletysing.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 days ago (27 children)

I’ve never felt like a bigger idiot than when I try to explain the fediverse to normal people.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

A yeah, Nicole hit me yesterday again. 😂😂😂


Nicole

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To top it all off, I share this to discord groups where nobody even knows what the fediverse is.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This isn't just Reddit with extra geeks?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's reddit as run by geeks.

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

So old Reddit?

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