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I try to avoid technical explanations. Those tend to put people off & scare them away.

Coming from the publishing industry, I use the analogy of how publishing used to be controlled by big corporations, but now self publishing has made it possible for anyone to control their own work. In doing so, publishing has become much more democratic.

Similarly, the #Fediverse has made social media much more democratic, also.

"Coming from corporate social medias like Twitter and Facebook, it’s often hard to understand the power of the Ordinary Person here in the Fediverse. Anyone–and I mean ANYONE–can set up their own instance here. Non-tech-savvy admins have proudly announced they’ve done so."

By the very nature of the lack of ads on #Mastodon, the experience here is more positive. My feed is not stacked with ads & posts that don't interest me. Plus:

#NoAds = No algorithm = No trolls & less divisivion

#Federation also makes for better admins.

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