blue_berry

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Thanks! I did that also because sometimes these technicalities change (at least the not underlying ones). For example in many graphics you have still Twitter but its now X.

blue_berry, 9 months ago

My bad, that’s a bit inconsistent. Actually I think it should be a graphic for mastodon - the talking bird analogy just makes the most sense there. Although it kind of works for the other too …

blue_berry, 9 months ago

I mean Mastodon just is the most user-friendly entry to the fediverse imo so I think its okay

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Good or bad cringe?

blue_berry, 9 months ago

But they are similar problems and I assumed the overall problem is very familiar to people around here

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Right and that explains it well. But it doesn’t exactly get people excited or make them understand what it FEELS like to be part of a federated social network.

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Ha ha, good one :D The graphic is also good. I wish there would be one in like a medieval fantasy setting. On the left side you have a mad king who tries to control the whole empire, on the right you have federated states, each with their own community and rules. I think these graphics are great but I wish we would make more use of storytelling: for example, someone growing up in the centralised fantasy kingdom, who then joins federated tribes living in the wild. I think that could also be done with just a few slides.

blue_berry, 9 months ago

One would make sure that it doesn’t get too political though …

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Ok, let me try again. I think people forget the mental shift that it takes to join a federated network. And I think you cannot convey that in a simple analogy. People are so used to a central power behind their social media that they don’t even understand the concept of having a social network with no one defining the rules. Its simply not part of their world view. And to open them up for this kind of mindset is hard.

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Then you watched the wrong anime ;)

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Yeah, I think I should have stated that more cleary … :)

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Good point. But with decentral social media you have to take part in this stuff at least to some degree. Or you are on a very solid instance. Better then to prepare people about this stuff too.