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Your explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstood (transfem.social)
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The linked post shows how most non-tech people's understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.

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[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If you tell someone that fedi instances are like email providers and that your instance is transfem.social, that creates three expecations in your audience:

1)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a desktop is through the transfem.social website.

2)The main, or possibly only, way to access your fedi account on a smartphone is through the transfem.social app. This app is completely separate from the apps that could be used to access a fedi account on another instance.

3)The primary difference between transfem.social and other fedi instances is the UI of the website and app.

Frankly, I don’t think this is that big of a deal. First introduce them to an instance, then once they figure that out, show them the apps and other ways to access that instance.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's also not even close to how email works and plenty of people use email apps that aren't tied to a provider.

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

The app I'm using today has nothing to do with the instance I use.

Just like email... clients just speak a protocol, and use a particular manner of presentation.

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's literally my point.

Most people know that email isn't tied to a provider app.

[-] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Woosh! Your point went right over my head there! Hahaha, my bad

[-] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently I phrased it badly because every vote on it is down lol.

So it's probably my bad.

this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2024
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