- cross-posted to:
- wolnyinternet
- cross-posted to:
- wolnyinternet
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/23704984
So I wrote a blog post on how I feel we can encourage more people to fedi, and it starts with DON’T TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE FEDIVERSE, because I’m very clever, or something. Would be happy to get your thoughts on that!
I agree with the core argument - we need to focus more on communities (as “groups of people sharing something”).
Not talking about the Fediverse
This will become increasingly more viable over time, as we [people already in the Fediverse] establish and nurture more communities. For now, however, I think a lot of recs still need to be about the Fediverse itself - because it’s how you show people “you don’t need to subject yourself to the whims of a Nazi billionaire or the greedy pigboy aping him”.
Not talking about apps
I think it’s important to be aware of a few options, and be able to answer questions about apps, but I fully agree we shouldn’t advertise the Fediverse based on apps. Specially since you can always check the content without one, even from a phone.
Smaller and focused instances
Yup, I agree. It’s better for two reasons: more attractive to newbies + it keeps the Fediverse decentralised.
General purpose instances have some reason to exist, as not everything “fits” into neat boxes. But I think this will change as the Fediverse gets more mature, too; people eventually migrate from the general purpose instances to more specific ones, as they find their own homes here.
I actually think this is the biggest argument for using something like piefed over lemmy. The ability to aggregate multiple similar communities into a single channel lets you see/interact with a fuller content feed for even more niche areas while not having said niche be reliant on a particular instance.
Can you elaborate on this?
Also about the comments fragmentation: https://piefed.zip/post/100161
All comments from 5 crossposts in a single view
A few options
- https://piefed.social/ - flagship instance
- https://piefed.zip/ - lemmy.zip team
- https://piefed.ca/ - lemmy.ca team
- https://feddit.online/