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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3764678

Do you think this fediverse-analogy is any good for telling people about the fediverse?

(FYI: I'm not a native speaker so please bear with some potential grammatical errors)

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[–] lupec@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's a pretty nice analogy! The one minor issue I have is it makes moving between instances sound way more seamless than it actually is, almost like Mastodon migrations, although it's probably fine for a quick intro.

[–] blue_berry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I take that into consideration - I mean its also a bit of wishful thinking and advertisment. It should be that easy, right?

[–] Spzi@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

its also a bit of wishful thinking

Then it's more a fediverse utopia than a fediverse analogy :-P

Honestly, I think we should stay true to what it is, not to what it might become. We don't know if, and when.

It's better to not wake expectations than to disappoint them.

[–] lupec@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, fair enough! I'm not holding my breath because the main developers aren't really on the same page for now according to the respective GitHub issue but I do hope it eventually becomes a thing.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

I like it. Original, and no mention of instances or other technicalities.

[–] Little8Lost@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

only thing that i dont really like is the white text on the last pic
maybe some gray 0.5 alpha behind the text would help the readability

[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Overall good analogy, but I a have small nitpick with your picture.

The white text over a background would be more readable with shadowing. That's it.

[–] excel@lemmy.megumin.org 4 points 1 year ago

Way too long to actually be useful for converting anyone.

[–] Nunya@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

Bonus points for using images from Tuca and Bertie. I love that show.

[–] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A good analogy uses things that people already know... Bird parties aren't an actual thing that make simple sense. Maybe it's just me