This isn't just Reddit with extra geeks?
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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A yeah, Nicole hit me yesterday again. ๐๐๐
Hmm new picture once again
It is strange isn't it? That is one thing that puzzles me a lot about this scam.
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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.
โAh yes the Dinosaur mato thing? Failed twitter alternative right?โ
(actual quote from a convo Iโve had)
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To top it all off, I share this to discord groups where nobody even knows what the fediverse is.
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The original comic is actually genius, and very true.
You clearly see it when the Linux users start prostletysing.
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Iโve never felt like a bigger idiot than when I try to explain the fediverse to normal people.
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
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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".
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."
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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.
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Hi I'm the fediverse chick
Early in my career I learned not to overestimate anybody's familiarity with my field.
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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.
[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.