koncertejo 14 points 3 years ago

ngl I've honestly gotten very frustrated at some of my friends for being very unreceptive to even trying a fediverse site, saying they would rather just stop using social media, and then signing up for Bluesky the moment they got the opportunity.

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Kara 14 points 3 years ago

"No no no, the different instances and stuff aren't competing. You see they all grow together"

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MiddleWeigh 12 points 3 years ago

I stopped halfway, explaining to my mom. She got the jist and thought it was cool, cause she has come to loathe centralized power in her own little way. "OH so it's like the internet used to be" I was kinda surprised how quickly she picked up on my excitement.

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Vuraniute 3 points 3 years ago

wish i could get my family to understand FOSS software and decentralisation and all that, and why it's important. sadly, they can't even figure out that "you can't use a work or school account on this version of microsoft teams" means they have to go and download the work/school version of microsoft teams, so getting them to understand all that would be difficult

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MiddleWeigh 3 points 3 years ago

They don't really understand what it means in detail, but they understand, after being stepped on forever, that usually big centralized things, revolving around money, do not have their interest at heart. It's more a feeling to her I guess, after a vague explanation by me lol.

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Vuraniute 3 points 3 years ago

sadly, there's also the part that "well everyone i know uses the big centralised services so"

tried to get my dad (who actually knows a thing or two about computers) to switch to element and he said "i have 5 apps for communication, it's so inconvenenient, a sixth would only make things worse"

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MiddleWeigh 3 points 3 years ago

Yea for sure. I was lucky enough to not have ever been attached to or have a platform like that ingrained in my life. I only ever used reddit, and only for the last year ftmp. So this place is just a natural progression for me. People are definitely stuck in their ways and ideas of how things should be, and it's a self perpetuating cycle.

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DoucheAsaurus 11 points 3 years ago

"No, see, it's actually a good thing that everything isn't in one place..."

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Fizz 4 points 3 years ago

"It's like email.."

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ivanafterall 9 points 3 years ago

Yeah, but the thing is, it's decentralized. Did I mention that?

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TragicNotCute 9 points 3 years ago

But they all use the same protocol!

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dabe 9 points 3 years ago

My roommate’s eyes rolled very hard when I casually dropped the term “fediverse” for the first time

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Antik 6 points 3 years ago

I have no friends.

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LostCause 5 points 3 years ago

People I talk to have some excitement about my excitement, but also don‘t get it and are unlikely to change their habits, since they get whatever they seek on the centralised platforms.

I‘m cool though, it‘s like how Reddit used to be way back then, populated mostly some tech enthusiasts and it was nice like that.

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doofer_name 5 points 3 years ago

I just send them permalinks. I’m doing my part 🫡

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health427581 3 points 3 years ago

draft comment not aimed at OP but rather just a sort of random shower thought -

instead of using the word "fediverse" would "activitypub" be a more prime time / palatable / sellable / legit / grown up sounding word to use?

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