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wakest ⁂

the name "fediverse" really doesnt work well in multi lingual settings and mastodon works but only for mastodon and then you loose much of the reason that this place is important going forward.

6 Oct 2022 at 20:35 | Open on social.wake.st
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Râu Cao ⚡

@liaizon I like to also call it the "open social web", but pretty much any alternative name I can think of is longer and clunkier than the sweet and short, 4-character term "fedi". A difficult problem to solve indeed. Naming always is.

6 Oct 2022 at 20:46 | Open on kosmos.social
wakest ⁂

@raucao thats pretty good actually, just to talk about the whole ecosystem of alternative infrastructure that is in the commons. as an introduction to it that's probably a better place to start then the fediverse anyway

6 Oct 2022 at 20:48 | Open on social.wake.st
Râu Cao ⚡

@liaizon 3 syllables is just too long. People also say "insta" when they refer to Instagram for example. Facebook only has 2 syllables, which is why they don't need a shorthand in daily conversation. But basically all popular names don't exceed 2 syllables.

This is also why the term XMPP is so much worse than saying Jabber, when used in conversation.

6 Oct 2022 at 20:55 | Open on kosmos.social
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