The problem isn’t that the fediverse isn’t viable. The problem isn’t that it’s “too complicated.” The problem is that the giants of Silicon Valley have spent 20 years convincing us that anything outside their control isn’t worth our time.

And that’s just not bloody true.

Couldn't have said it better myself

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago (22 children)

I don’t think it’s too complicated, but it is noticeably more complicated than joining traditional social media. People often get immediately freaked out by the whole concept of instances. I know everybody keeps trying to use the email comparison, but that just is not working. People cannot connect the dots between email and something like Instagram.

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It would help to change the nomenclature. Joining a Facebook “group” makes sense to anybody. Change insider jargon like “instance” to seeker-friendly verbiage like “village.”

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

I like that, or something like that. "Server" and "instance" definitely sounds too prickly and technical to a lot of people.

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