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When introducing members to kbin/lemmy don't mention the fediverse! (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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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.

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[–] TraceLines@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This concept of multiple instances of a platform doesn't exist outside of the fediverse.

This is not 100% true.

A good comparison might be World of Warcraft. While not the best example, a player does not have to be in the same instance/server as their friend in order to join in each other's content/dungeons. This is a fairly new feature of WoW ( and not feature-complete compared to full federation ). It could stand in as a starting point for the conversation.

[–] wr4th4@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

i'll be honest: the last time I played WoW, if you wanted to play with your friends you had to roll on the same shard lol.

[–] mauri9998@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

most people have not played WoW or any MMO

[–] QHC@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Most people haven't used Twitter or Reddit, either.