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I find myself saying "community-owned independent social media sites" rather than "fediverse" in mixed company because it gets a much better reaction (active interest rather than blank stares)

I realize that the venn diagram of the two does not overlap perfectly but the overlap is precisely the stuff I actually care about and I'd rather be inaccurate in a way that garners interest than similarly-inaccurate in a way that doesn't

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christina bowen

@darius
This is the way.

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Mark Igra

@darius I'm trying to call the fediverse the "Social Web" which I guess makes sites "Social Web Sites" rather than social media sites. Not sure if that's better, but I like have an accessible name for the fediverse as a whole.

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mxtthxw GCSE :verified:

@darius My email footer currently says "Delete Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Tik Tok - Support an independent internet"

I have no idea if anyone takes notice.

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emma

@darius it is so lovely to encounter someone who understands the importance of how something is heard.
good luck with your projects.

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Ricardo B�nffy

@darius I've been going with "decentralised" social media for that. Kind of passes the idea, though I am not sure how completely that connects with things like Mastodon.

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hamish campbell

@darius useing #openweb and #closedweb is my thinking.

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mcc

@darius Y'know even "indieverse" would be better than "fediverse".

"Fediverse" is just sort of a local extrema of offputting terminology

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davidslifka

@darius that’s a cool idea. We definitely need something better than fediverse!

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Dan Bruno

@darius heard someone say they thought it was a riff on "metaverse" after hearing it said out loud

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Kevin Marks

@darius COISMS is dangerously close to a good acronym

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DFHobbs @universeodon.com

@darius

Yes, the framing power of language matters. A lot.

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