This infographic is still incomplete; I’m posting it here in the hope that I can get some feedback about it. It has three goals:
- To explain what federation is. No technobabble, just a simple analogy with houses and a neighbourhood.
- To explain why federation is good for users.
- [TODO] Specific info about the Fediverse, plus some really simple FAQ.
Criticism is welcome as long as constructive.
EDIT: OK, too much text. I’m clipping as much as I can.
I’m not sure I like it. The content is fine, but it’s still pretty dense for a graphic. It all runs together and there is no place for the eye to “rest.”
Maybe some more space between each “frame.” If it’s still too dense, you might want to try to separate each “frame” with a subtle background color. Maybe using two different shades of light gray.
An additional thing you can do is add a flag or chimney to the houses. The flag might have a pig, X, or fediverse symbol. This will make it more clear what is going on between the houses.
flags/chimneys
Nice, I’m doing it. I was worried about colour-blind users, this helps with them.
I’m sorry but nobody curious or skeptical about fediverse is going to read that. It’s so complicated and so much text that it confirms their worst suspicions
That comic is really cool!
I like it, but what I don’t like is analogizing every site owner as monarchy. A lot of fediverse instances are run as non-profits (including ours) and there’s also democratic experiments in instance control. I would prefer a different hat for fediverse, somehow :)
wait, db0 is a registered non-profit?
It’s part of Haidra, which is.
db0 is our lord! Praise to / 0
Noted. I’ll steal @Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com’s idea and use a Phrygian cap. Good catch!
IMO it’s too verbose. Infographics should be clear and concise with minimal text; this has so much text that the images don’t really add any substance.
Noted - I’ll try to trim it out, any suggestion on that?
Thank you for the feedback!
Can you make a to&Dr version? If and infographic has as much text as post. It’s not an infographic, it a regular text with graphics.
I like it, it’s very charming. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s likely non-fedi people would take the time to read through it tho :(
It’s very cute tho, excellent work.
TBH, instead of an infographic it feels like storytelling. It is an interesting read in the end. Loved how you dissed Franxx (but Zero Two forever). You could try to take a different approach from infographic and turn it into a comic maybe?
i find the concept of the infograpic having the complexity of a childrens picture book, but still being too complicated to be read through by redditors very saddening.
I’m actually thinking a lot about this.
I know that I’m verbose, so I need to keep the amount of words in check. But at the same time, I’d rather restrict the target audience to clueless but smart users, who could understand the concept. I feel like trying to tailor the material to the “waah 2+ lines of text TL DR lollmao” crowds is a waste of time.
Since we’re posting Nazaré… Soon®:
Nazaré? Wait…
BRAZIL MENTIONED???
The X icon looking a lot like a swastika… didn’t know if intentional or if others would pick up on that. Maybe sub for some other icon?
The similarity is totally a coincidence. Just like the one between a certain someone’s “my heart to you!” gesture and a Nazi salute. /s
All three (the bot, the Nazi, the pig) represent problematic kinglets of social media, who may or may not correspond to RL people.
I’d like to order a high-quality PNG of that symbol, please. Preferably located in a central white circle on a red flag.
(no, really; I want that as an image macro, but I lack the skills to make it)
It looks like a great flag for X. Very suitable for its leftover userbase and owner. I bet they like strong colours.
[Grab it while hot, otherwise imgur might delete it as it doesn’t know the context.]
![[WIP] Federation infographic, or "federation for dummies".](https://i.imgur.com/eOiJVZz.png){kind=link}