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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down5·3 days agoI hate the entire fediverse and instance jargon. It is off putting to mainstream users. The Internet has always been “federated” with “instances”. Yet no one ever said, “What email instance do you use.”
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.asudox.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·3 days agoWe say “What email provider do you use?”. Not much difference.
minus-squareearthworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoI dislike that it feels complicated to the average user, but it’s useful for explaining why it’s different from the corporate web. How else would you explain what makes Lemmy/Piefed different from Reddit?
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·3 days agoWhat’s a “mainstream user”? Is any of those on the room with you? Blink if you need help.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhat alternative terminology would you use to describe the fediverse and instances?
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoServer or provider. The same terminology that has been used for newsgroups and email for 45 years.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 days agoWe don’t have to ask what instance they use, it is displayed with their user name. WINK WINK
I hate the entire fediverse and instance jargon. It is off putting to mainstream users.
The Internet has always been “federated” with “instances”. Yet no one ever said, “What email instance do you use.”
We say “What email provider do you use?”.
Not much difference.
I dislike that it feels complicated to the average user, but it’s useful for explaining why it’s different from the corporate web.
How else would you explain what makes Lemmy/Piefed different from Reddit?
What’s a “mainstream user”?
Is any of those on the room with you? Blink if you need help.
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What alternative terminology would you use to describe the fediverse and instances?
Server or provider. The same terminology that has been used for newsgroups and email for 45 years.
We don’t have to ask what instance they use, it is displayed with their user name.
WINK WINK