Guys, when you talk about the Fediverse to friends, family, or colleagues, how do you explain it?

Do you call it a “decentralized social network,” an “alternative to big tech,” or “a collection of open-source networks”? And how do you convince someone to create an account on Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc., without them getting scared by technical terms like instance, federated, or peer-to-peer?

I’m asking because my so-called friends don’t believe me and even call me crazy when I talk about this “nonsense.”

The future is open source, decentralized, and federated!

      • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 days ago

        You don’t need to be tech-savvy to use a social media.

        You are entirely right when it is about centralized social media (Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter and the likes).

        However, for example; Lemmy and Mastodon you at least need to be a bit tech-savvy.

        • Making account is different but then you get;
        1. The multiple instances.
        2. Multiple communities that are the same name.
        3. What is exactly decentralization.
        4. Federation.
        5. Difference instances can give different results (blocking, rules, and what you can and cannot see from other instances).
        6. How Moderation works is different than the usual platforms.
        7. Community discovery is different. Searching for something can be quite difficult on Lemmy.
        8. Lemmy’s community has a lot of tech-jargon which non-tech savvy people might find difficult to wrap their head around.
        9. How the banning system works on Lemmy is different than the usual platforms as well.