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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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.
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
That’s all you can do 🤷♂️
Definitely. People don’t care what’s behind. They just want an app or a website.
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.
How likely are you to recommend Lemmy to a friend or colleague? Give a score from 1 to 10.
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.
I just showed one of my friends the memes on it and they said tell me what this platform is
I don’t tell people about the Fediverse.
I generally don’t.
I don’t, because it’s my escape from most of their bullshit.
I left Reddit because of their shenanigans. The Tiktok crowd deciding Reddit was cool was what guaranteed I would never go back. Now if anyone asks me if I use social media, I just say “No”.
“Reddit rapes us because they control it, not us. This is like that but we control it, not them, libre software. They can get fucked!”
Yes, literally, it works for me. Most people don’t give a shit beyond that, that’s all they need to join. But, start with a chat app first. Also, this is a replacement but they only need to add an app, not replace yet.
