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Me trying to explain decentralized social media to anyone who will listen (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world to c/fedimemes@feddit.uk

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

I hate the entire fediverse and instance jargon. It is off putting to mainstream users.

The Internet has always been "federated" with "instances". Yet no one ever said, "What email instance do you use."

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 20 points 10 months ago

We say "What email provider do you use?".

Not much difference.

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[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago

I dislike that it feels complicated to the average user, but it's useful for explaining why it's different from the corporate web.

How else would you explain what makes Lemmy/Piefed different from Reddit?

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

What's a "mainstream user"?

Is any of those on the room with you? Blink if you need help.

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

What alternative terminology would you use to describe the fediverse and instances?

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago

Server or provider. The same terminology that has been used for newsgroups and email for 45 years.

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[–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 point 10 months ago

We don't have to ask what instance they use, it is displayed with their user name.

WINK WINK

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