This infographic is still incomplete; I’m posting it here in the hope that I can get some feedback about it. It has three goals:
- To explain what federation is. No technobabble, just a simple analogy with houses and a neighbourhood.
- To explain why federation is good for users.
- [TODO] Specific info about the Fediverse, plus some really simple FAQ.
Criticism is welcome as long as constructive.
EDIT: OK, too much text. I’m clipping as much as I can.
I like it, but what I don’t like is analogizing every site owner as monarchy. A lot of fediverse instances are run as non-profits (including ours) and there’s also democratic experiments in instance control. I would prefer a different hat for fediverse, somehow :)
Phrygian cap maybe?
wait, db0 is a registered non-profit?
It’s part of Haidra, which is.
db0 is our lord! Praise to / 0
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I like it, it’s very charming. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s likely non-fedi people would take the time to read through it tho :(
It’s very cute tho, excellent work.
I’m not sure I like it. The content is fine, but it’s still pretty dense for a graphic. It all runs together and there is no place for the eye to “rest.”
Maybe some more space between each “frame.” If it’s still too dense, you might want to try to separate each “frame” with a subtle background color. Maybe using two different shades of light gray.
An additional thing you can do is add a flag or chimney to the houses. The flag might have a pig, X, or fediverse symbol. This will make it more clear what is going on between the houses.
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I’m sorry but nobody curious or skeptical about fediverse is going to read that. It’s so complicated and so much text that it confirms their worst suspicions
TBH, instead of an infographic it feels like storytelling. It is an interesting read in the end. Loved how you dissed Franxx (but Zero Two forever). You could try to take a different approach from infographic and turn it into a comic maybe?
i find the concept of the infograpic having the complexity of a childrens picture book, but still being too complicated to be read through by redditors very saddening.
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I like it, good job! Well done with that pig reference ha ha
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Maybe you can gather some ideas and wording from this guide https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started
Can you make a to&Dr version? If and infographic has as much text as post. It’s not an infographic, it a regular text with graphics.
That comic is really cool!
The X icon looking a lot like a swastika… didn’t know if intentional or if others would pick up on that. Maybe sub for some other icon?
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I’d like to order a high-quality PNG of that symbol, please. Preferably located in a central white circle on a red flag.
(no, really; I want that as an image macro, but I lack the skills to make it)
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This looks like the story board to a CGP Gray video. Which is to say, the content is good, but the delivery should be a CGP Gray video.










