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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.
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Once I saw someone point out that it's the same as email "[email protected]" can email "[email protected]" without having a gmail account it clicked. Also there can be a "bob@outlook" and a "bob@gmail" and they aren't necessarily the same. It's a hidden understanding people don't know they already have. But the main thing preventing me from advocating other users is that the UX isn't quite there. When it works its excellent but there are unquestionably a few rough edges. But it'll get there :)
I tried that... didn't work.
This was my latest attempt
I admit the graph needs more work, but it's a wip... just like lemmy :)
You're making it complicated. For us oldies who lived on IRC back in the day it all seems pretty simple.
Bunch of different servers connected together where everyone can talk to each other no matter which server they're connected to. In Lemmy's case, the channels are hosted on various servers, but anyone on the network can talk in those channels regardless of where they're physically located. With IRC you'd just connect to the server that was the fastest based on your location. With Lemmy/kbin, you connect to the one that is the most stable for you, or you like the name, or UI, or whatever (I prefer kbin). But once you're on one there is no functional difference to the content because they're all on the same network (ActivityPub).
You don't need to explain the details of Federation to get people to understand what it is and how it works. Where any specific community is physically hosted has no real meaning when anyone can access it from any instance. Just like IRC, being in the US and speaking with someone in Australia, we're obviously on different servers but that has no meaning when the content (chat) is the same through both.
what do you mean "lived" 😁 ..but I share your view..keep it simple (it's really not that complicated).. the UI/UX needs polish and there's functionality lacking but hey, its early days so peeps have to be a little patient