Unfederated news thread? Unfederated reddit? *i then struggle to explain reddit
Is it social media? Is it a forum?
I live around more tractors than people for context of my audience. I can explain what unfederated aspect is no problem but i sould like my grandpa describing facebook to his older siblings when i try to explain what a lemmy or reddit style forum is to my peers and family.
Antisocial media.
“You know reddit? Its basically reddit, but run by nerds who say its better and then start talking like Doctor Who when they try to explain it. But its basically reddit without so many bots”
Social news aggregator “like reddit” but without centralized control.
It’s open source social media. There’s no algorithm. It’s a bit like the internet before it became owned by 5 corporations.
I think for tractor folk explaining how it’s not like Facebook is probably a good start. If they know what you mean by open source you can tell them more and go into more detail about what federated means, or what instances mean.
Typically you cant really introduce normies to more than one piece of new information at a time. The new piece of information can have three parts, and should. But two of those parts should be in relation to two things they are familiar with.
Lemmy is a site where you follow topics that interest you instead of following people.
All the mental illness and personality disorders of Reddit, without as much corporate ownership and shilling.
At least it’s genuine.
Holy fuck this is the best one ive gotten so far hahaha
Reddit, with fewer white supremacists/imperialists. 👍
Depending on which instance you are referring to, but yes, overall less.
“Lemmy is a decentralized internet forum. People host their own “instance” or join someone else’s instead of it all being hosted by one person/business”.
Assuming you’re talking to someone who doesn’t even use reddit I would spare them any details until they ask.
Solutions focused.
No one cares about “federation” or “decentralized”.
They do care about contingency in the event of enshittification, algorithms that don’t invade privacy, and viable replacements for the apps they already use.
It’s a link aggregation system that’s user generated, and moderated… plus comments. It’s a lot like Reddit just decentralized.
The main difference with Lemmy is the content. You need to understand that half the content on Lemmy is cartoons of foxes fucking stuff and circlejerking about how ADHD means you don’t have to put any effort into anything.
Think like Jack Nicholson’s character in as good as it gets… you picture someone “and then I take away all reason and accountability…”
highly doubt a bunch of farmers would enjoy lemmy
You don’t have describe or categorize - just lead them to see and decide for themselves - anything else is just opinion
