When introducing members to kbin/lemmy don't mention the fediverse!

Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social – 4 points –

I introduced kbin to someone today who asked what the fediverse was. I answered for them of course, but it made me realize that the concept is still technobabble for most people. The average joe probably doesn't care or notice that server A is really talking to server B. Just have them find out on their own and if a mass migration does need to happen from A to B, just make a standard announcement.

TLDR; most people's reactions to the word fediverse.

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This concept of multiple instances of a platform doesn't exist outside of the fediverse.

This is not 100% true.

A good comparison might be World of Warcraft. While not the best example, a player does not have to be in the same instance/server as their friend in order to join in each other's content/dungeons. This is a fairly new feature of WoW ( and not feature-complete compared to full federation ). It could stand in as a starting point for the conversation.

i'll be honest: the last time I played WoW, if you wanted to play with your friends you had to roll on the same shard lol.

most people have not played WoW or any MMO

Most people haven't used Twitter or Reddit, either.