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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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[–] Hiker@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (27 children)

I don't agree. The term "Fediverse" must be mentioned at the very beginning of the introduction - the decentralized network must be understood as the basis of the whole. People have made the mistake for too long of selling Mastodon to people as the Fediverse - that's just wrong.

[–] jon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (17 children)

The issue is that for your average Joe Schmoe, decentralization isn't really a selling point. For a lot of people, a computer is a magic box they use to visit websites, and how anything works under the hood is irrelevant. Whether it's one server or a federation of servers doesn't matter.

I saw a lot of people bail on Mastodon before even signing up because this concept of "instances" confused them. What server do I join? Can I talk to X of I'm not on X's server? Do I need an account on each server I want to follow? This concept of multiple instances of a platform doesn't exist outside of the fediverse. Kbin just pointing you to the default instance is probably the best thing it could do for widespread adoption.

I don't think it's fair to expect someone looking to join a new knitting community to learn about client/server relationships and federated social platforms. Point them to the main instance and give them a high level overview about the fediverse if they ask. The resources are here if they want to learn more.

[–] TraceLines@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (3 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.

[–] 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.

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