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[-] scott@loves.tech 30 points 1 day ago

For those on traditional social media, I just say "What if Facebook and Twitter and YouTube could all talk to each other? People on Facebook could follow people on Twitter and people on Twitter can follow people on Facebook." Then they usually reply "that would be neat" and then I tell them "yeah, that's what we are building over here in the fediverse."

It usually is easier to give them an analogy related to something they are familiar with.

[-] Nuxleio@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Ironically as a fediverse user I had a visceral reaction to reading that. That sounds like absolute nightmare fuel to me...

[-] scott@loves.tech 1 points 1 day ago

True. But when talking to someone who lives on traditional social media, it is an explanation they would understand. Sometimes you have to meet people where they are, not where you want them to be.

[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I actually have separate accounts on the different fediverse products - for me it’s the decentralization of instances that’s the most appealing.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 21 points 2 days ago

What is misskey? I am a fediverse user and I don't even know what that is.

[-] IdleSheep 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Best way I can describe misskey as a user of it is that it's like mastodon but if they implemented every feature request possible. I mean it literally has a toggle to convert your text into cat speak for no other reason other than the dev felt like it. It even has its own markdown language to give your text crazy effects because who wouldn't want an emoji amplified 4 times that spins and changes color?

It uses activitypub as well so it's entirely interoperable with mastodon instances (although some functions like quote posts or the custom markdown language aren't formatted as nicely when viewed from a mastodon instance)

[-] hazl 6 points 1 day ago

toggle to convert your text into cat speak

SOLD!

[-] IdleSheep 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

If you want to enable the setting, it's under

Settings > Profile > Advanced Settings > Mark this account as a cat

(wording/location may vary if you're using a misskey fork but it should be under the profile settings somewhere)

This will give your icon cat ears in public timelines and any text you write will be converted to catspeak. Works better in Japanese, which is the language it was designed for, but in English words like "now" get converted to "meow" for example.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 13 points 2 days ago

Microblog platform out of Japan
https://misskey-hub.net/en/

[-] yamazaki12@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I don't even know who Nicole is???

[-] Korrok 7 points 1 day ago

Nicole, the fediverse chick

[-] QualifiedKitten@discuss.online 20 points 2 days ago

Goddamnit! I love this and want to share it, but don't know anyone else that will appreciate it. Is this.. irony?

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It is cyclical fate

[-] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 77 points 3 days ago

Not even big instances, but big platforms I would say. Like, if you're lucky someone might have heard about Mastodon, but that's pretty much it.

[-] FundMECFSResearch 35 points 3 days ago

“Ah yes the Dinosaur mato thing? Failed twitter alternative right?”

(actual quote from a convo I’ve had)

[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Even the word "Instance" is unnecessary gatekeeping jargon.

[-] nuko147@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

A yeah, Nicole hit me yesterday again. 😂😂😂

Nicole

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Has anyone explored the links and survived to report back?

[-] nuko147@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

That was something some weeks ago. One guy did an analysis from all these links and came to conclusion that maybe is her ex as revenge or something like that. But dunno really.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I've only ever seen her in threads like this.

[-] ragas@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Whats the story on this? I had it in my inbox too a few days ago.

[-] onyxjet@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Hmm new picture once again

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

It is strange isn't it? That is one thing that puzzles me a lot about this scam.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 52 points 3 days ago

I’ve never felt like a bigger idiot than when I try to explain the fediverse to normal people.

[-] wdx@feddit.org 25 points 2 days ago

Hey.. so you know about Email, right?

How you're with Gmail and I with.. say Proton. And we can still send Emails to each other? ...

Is my go to approach

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 10 points 2 days ago

That's a pretty good analogy.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

it's not an analogy lol. it's literally the same thing.

[-] Comtief@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

It gives the wrong impression though. The user experience is more like reddit, it just has the backend like email.

[-] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 31 points 3 days ago

I find it easier if the other person is a podcast listener.

"You know how podcast ads usually say 'listen to it in Apple or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts?' It's a bit like that."

If not, I have to say something weak or complicated like "it's a bit like email, dunno how to explain this if you have never thought about how email works, though".

[-] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

That's a really good analogy.

The email one works too once they realize they've never actually thought about what an email is. Like:

"If I send you an email from gmail, you can open it in outlook, right?" "Yeah"

"That's because an email is just a file that both gmail and outlook can use" "makes sense"

"Can I see your Twitter post on Reddit?" "No of course not"

"But i can see Lemmy (Reddit) posts on Mastodon (Twitter). And these apps aren't owned by huge companies. Normal people run each instance, and the software is free for anyone to use or host."

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

I've heard that you can view Lemmy posts on Mastodon and vice versa, but I can't wrap my head around it. I don't think I've ever seen a Mastodon post on Lemmy, or maybe I have and just didn't realize it?

What's a Lemmy post on Mastodon look like? And what's a Mastodon post on Lemmy look like?

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

I always start with, ok, so you know the internet is basically a series of tubes right? Once we are on the same page about that, I start talking about ipv4 and ipv6 including a mention of dual stack supporting instances.

[-] alltomorrowsregrets@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

At some point do you overlay it on the OSI model?

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[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 9 points 2 days ago

This isn't just Reddit with extra geeks?

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's reddit as run by geeks.

[-] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

So old Reddit?

[-] xorollo@leminal.space 14 points 2 days ago

Story of my life. I'm so annoyed when the response is to try to get me to shut up my flattering my intelligence. "Wow you use big words, anywayyyy". Id rather you tell me you just don't care. Then I can stop wasting my time. It took me a long time to realize what was going on, lmao.

[-] figjam@midwest.social 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Duh, she is the fediverse chick after all

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 22 points 3 days ago

[off topic?] When William Gibson was researching 'Neuromancer' he spent a lot of time hanging out with hackers. They'd tell stories and he'd catch about a quarter of what they were talking about.

When it came to write the book he decided that he'd make the book like that, the reader would have to push though a lot of things that didn't make sense until they acquired more information.

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

what's the oregano?

[-] zzx@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Hi I'm the fediverse chick

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