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Darius Kazemi

A point I went back to a lot was that communities often have technical experts inside them. Not everyone is techie and that's fine. For example, in the US many people have a car but don't know how to fix it. We have auto mechanics as the technical experts for that.

I think ideally, fediverse admins are auto mechanics for social media: our job is to make sure this stuff runs and works for our communities.

22 Mar 2023 at 16:11 | Open on friend.camp
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Gracious Anthracite
Darius Kazemi

@anthracite me? I make sure the :piss: goes where it's supposed to. Socially

22 Mar 2023 at 16:30 | Open on friend.camp
Gracious Anthracite

@darius

If there is a watersports themed site on the fediverse I really hope the admin uses a name like “Head Plumber”. 😇

22 Mar 2023 at 19:33 | Open on dragon.style
Shannon Clark

@darius I wonder if the role of "fediverse admin" will evolve into a split - separating the technical aspects (setting up the service/managing scale/updates/security/cost) and the social/community aspects (moderation, writing rules, inviting users to join/approving if that's required/helping new users etc)

Seems like the technical aspects could (eventually) be outsourced/paid for via specialized services, but the other part requires a deep tie to the community you serve?

22 Mar 2023 at 16:41 | Open on mastodon.social
Visne :verified:

@darius How awesome would it be though if we could create a decentralized social media that doesn't require any 'technical experts' to run?

22 Mar 2023 at 20:33 | Open on vegoon.party
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