JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoFlipboard is making a new app for the fediversewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technologie@jlai.lu
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkFlipboard is making a new app for the fediversewww.theverge.comJohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technologie@jlai.lu
minus-squareFediverse Champion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down2·4 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-up18·edit-24 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-squareMudMan@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·4 days agoIt just sounds really dumb. The word “federation” was right there.
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
Like the Internet.
It just sounds really dumb. The word “federation” was right there.