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How do you like to tell people about the fediverse? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's been difficult to broach the subject and explain the technical concepts to the average person. I did have some success in first sharing the email comparison, which lead into interoperability.

I'm just curious to hear people's success stories, if you have any.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Why would I tell them about "the fediverse"? Tell them that you use Lemmy or Mastodon or whatever. If they are interested then give them a link to a good instance. That's it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

Definitely. People don't care what's behind. They just want an app or a website.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I send a fiend of mine image macros and shitposts from here

They’re like “WHERE DO YOU GET THESE MEMES”

I say “Lemmy, it’s like Reddit minus so much corpo garb”

They say “the fuck is a lemmy”

I send the link to voyager and say “all you gotta do is sign up on one of these places I think you’d like”

They’re still just on tiktok

I have tried

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That's all you can do 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

How likely are you to recommend Lemmy to a friend or colleague? Give a score from 1 to 10.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It really depends. I would only recommend lemmy if they're a techy. If they're highly integrated into mainstream social media then it would be a 7/10 recommend. If they want to find an alternative then 10/10 recommend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I never shut up about this stuff

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Fair. I just find it interesting and want to share it. I should just let them decide on their own if it's something they find interesting or not. I'll try to remember to just give them an app recommend instead.