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Seth Gossler

@Gargron how do you sell mastodon as the protocol? Should I convince friends by explanation of activity pub, or more the mastodon feature set? It's been hard convincing others it's not just another "platform".

5 Nov 2022 at 3:24 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.spotek.io
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mschomm

@seth @Gargron The current standard explanantion being used seems to be 'like email': you chose your mail address, with it your mail provider, but you also have the choice which software/client you use with it. And whatever your personal choices are, as long as you know the address of someone, you can reach them.

5 Nov 2022 at 4:44 | Open on bonn.social
wordsmith ⁂

@seth
Convincing anyone to use a service because of the protocol is like convincing someone to change ISP so they get IPv6 support - it almost entirely misses the point! Sell your friends with what makes Mastodon and the Fediverse better: communities, diversity, free from adverts and abusive manipulation, freedom to use which app they want, not run by a hateful sociopathic conspiracy theorist - not run by any one person! - and a home feed that's 100% picked by them.
@Gargron

5 Nov 2022 at 5:00 | Open on writing.exchange
Strypey

@seth People seem to more impressed by taps and sinks than by the plumbing that makes them work. I suggest showing your friends that you can follow a PeerTube channel or a PixelFed account from your Mastodon account. Then ask them if they can follow a EweTube channel or an InstaGroan account from their Titter account. Just another platform is it?

#FediTips

@Gargron

5 Nov 2022 at 9:37 | Open on mastodon.nzoss.nz
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