it's like email (derogatory)

When comparing the fediverse to email we're talking about the technology. It's a simplification to explain how it all connects together using a very similar and known example.

I think the only difference is that, unlike email, all fediverse uses the same* activitypub protocol. Other than that, yeah, it's just like those house-castles.

* Some differences may arise depending on implementation, like misskey reactions

Stop trying to sell me on it; I'm already here!

Is the "polite society" in the room with us right now?

Is it at X-twitter?

Oh, I can exist in polite society just fine.

It's just that I don't want to.

It’s not just a big truck you pile everything into. It’s a series of tubes!

So many comments in here hating on the "like email" wording. To be honest, it's been awhile since I've even seen any large number of comments using that analogy, but also, the "like email" part was pretty much always paired with additional explanation on which parts are like that and which parts differ from that. Like most analogies, it's not a perfect 100% 1-to-1 pairing of all features and function, otherwise, it wouldn't be an analogy. I'm not sure why so many people struggle with understanding that.

No, it's not like email. It's like Glibbleschmorken except there's not mandatory prereconcillation of sychroncratic communication.

That's inaccurate, my dude, it's nothing like Glibbleschmorken, it's more like WUD where there's a multiplier for the scoring quotient and no centralized conglomeration.

False. WUD SUX. There's only no centralized conglomeration if you ignore the fact that every hovel has API underpinning that strategizes the discombobulation. But, that's basically ignoring the facts. Federation is clearly just like UDP.

And so on. Ad nauseam.

I assure you, the alternative to the fediverse is not polite society, not in my experience. Unlike other platforms one is allowed to be wrong here and getting corrected doesn't trigger the fight, flight, freeze or fawn response.

lol these were constructed with mostly Saudi Arabians in mind. Didn't really work out.

The fediverse is more like different countries. Technically you can travel to every other country with your passport and talk to the people there.
But the people running the countries like to put up border controls so you can't go to countries that don't align with yours politically, and some ban you just because you've visited a country they don't like in the past.

Show of hands who's here because they're not allowed on reddit anymore? 🤚

The Fediverse is not like email, it's more like the various BBS networks of the 80s: Tons of anarchy, chaos, StarTrek, politics, lunacy, StarTrek... and cool as hell.

Please keep it this way.

It's like email. Deal with it.

Crosspost comment consolidation helps with that issue.

Already available on Piefed, planned on Lemmy 1.0.

The fediverse is not like email. It's more like a series of decentralized social networks that can communicate with each other.

Where is the lie?