Gregory's Serverwhy does the media keep using this term "the so-called fediverse"
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 @liaizon That's how language gets used to reform our description of reality. It's dangerous. Greetings from Germany, where former generations used this trick extensively. :/  @liaizon It is the way the so-called free press underscores their so-called impartiality. π @liaizon Quite normal to point to the fact that a word is new. You can find tons of examples for Metaverse also. @rufposten but the metaverse isnt new either! the metaverse has been a term since like the 1970s! fediverse is only new for people who dont know it and also goes back 13-15 years ago @liaizon Thats true, but this way I think you can boil down the regular use of the phrase to the finding that the news outlets think those concepts of Fediverse and Metaverse are new to most of their readers. You can trace back similar uses of "so called" on other new technologies like microblogging or world wide web. For me it's just a neutral phenomenon and not a devaluation. That doesn't mean that the media is neutral on the Fediverse, which I also doubt. |
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