Do you think this fediverse-analogy is any good for telling people about the fediverse?

(FYI: I’m not a native speaker so please bear with some potential grammatical errors)

  • Blaze
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    1 year ago

    Original take on it.

    I like it because there no mention of instances nor other technicalities.

    • blue_berry@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Thanks! I did that also because sometimes these technicalities change (at least the not underlying ones). For example in many graphics you have still Twitter but its now X.

        • blue_berry@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          My bad, that’s a bit inconsistent. Actually I think it should be a graphic for mastodon - the talking bird analogy just makes the most sense there. Although it kind of works for the other too …

        • Blaze
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          1 year ago

          It’s at the very bottom, I guess the picture can be updated. It seems more about highlighting Mastodon then excluding anything

          • Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            Yes absolutely, but the soon to be user reading this will just go to Mastodon and completely ignore everything else for at least the time they are not told of other platforms. Just leave the platforms out of context. Let them google fediverse and explore

        • blue_berry@lemmy.worldOP
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          1 year ago

          I mean Mastodon just is the most user-friendly entry to the fediverse imo so I think its okay

  • LanternEverywhere@kbin.social
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    Seems like it adds almost as many confusing things as it takes away. Maybe with some work it might potentially be helpful, but as it stands now I don’t think this’ll help most people understand the fediverse. IMO

  • fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For programmers — even if you’re not planning on working on Fediverse code yourself — I’d suggest actually reading the ActivityPub protocol. This will give you a better idea of what the technology is actually about.

  • Pregnenolone@lemmy.world
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    We’re always trying to explain too much. This won’t get a casual person to join.

    Fediverse is literally just a group of websites where everyone can see each other website’s posts. Pick any one and join and you’ll see everything.

    The nuances and intricacies are irrelevant to get someone through the door.

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “You can always hear the talk of birds in other nests” is a bit misleading, if technically true. You can’t hear it from every nest, only by flying around, and that’s intentional.

  • Bebo@sffa.community
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    1 year ago

    That’s an interesting take. I like it. Good it doesn’t focus on technical aspects but explains using a simple, relatable analogy.

  • A_Menace_To_Society@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I find this drawn out analogy condescending, people aren’t that stupid and federation is not that hard to explain.

    • blue_berry@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Condescending to whom?

      Edit: ok, in my circle, people have problems to understand federation and what’s actually the merits of it in a practical sense. If you only know people that understand it quickly anyways, don’t send it to them