JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoFlipboard is making a new app for the fediversewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkFlipboard is making a new app for the fediversewww.theverge.comJohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up64arrow-down1·8 days ago I don’t write you a separate kind of email because you’re on Gmail, right? Dude gets it. I also think the term Fediverse is to esoteric and Social web is perfect for the masses.
minus-squareFediverse Champion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·8 days agoIt’s a term for insiders. My mother will never talk about “the fediverse.” The “Open Social Web” is a much better term. It tells you everything you need to know.
minus-squaremorrowind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-28 days agoA little too long and generic. I think Fediverse is fine as long as we treat it as a name and don’t force people to necessarily understand what it means. People understand names, they’re the most human thing there is
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·8 days agoThe First Person to Ever Have A Name!
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 days agoIt just sounds really dumb. The word “federation” was right there.
minus-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·8 days agoOh, man, I hadn’t heard the “it’s like email” nonsense since I stopped daily driving Mastodon. Real nostalgia going on here.
Dude gets it.
I also think the term Fediverse is to esoteric and Social web is perfect for the masses.
It’s a term for insiders. My mother will never talk about “the fediverse.”
The “Open Social Web” is a much better term. It tells you everything you need to know.
A little too long and generic. I think Fediverse is fine as long as we treat it as a name and don’t force people to necessarily understand what it means. People understand names, they’re the most human thing there is
The First Person to Ever Have A Name!
Like the Internet.
It just sounds really dumb. The word “federation” was right there.
Oh, man, I hadn’t heard the “it’s like email” nonsense since I stopped daily driving Mastodon. Real nostalgia going on here.