I introduced kbin to someone today who asked what the fediverse was. I answered for them of course, but it made me realize that the concept is still technobabble for most people. The average joe probably doesn’t care or notice that server A is really talking to server B. Just have them find out on their own and if a mass migration does need to happen from A to B, just make a standard announcement.

TLDR; most people’s reactions to the word fediverse.

  • Bloonface ( Bloonface@kbin.social ) 
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    3 years ago

    I don’t really agree with this because the fediverse is not only interconnected by a technology (ActivityPub) but also by some shared values, like inclusivity and kindness to each other.

    That’s kind of overegging the pudding. There’s nothing intrinsically “nice” about fedi, quite a lot that isn’t, and this feels like a promise that will be very rapidly seen as hollow lies the moment someone has a negative interaction, as well they might.