It stroke me that saying things like “First, you have to choose a comunity to join the fediverse” might be a better way to ease onboarding nwecommers than “First, you have to choose a server”.
Although the latter might be technically more accurate, the former is what people might
- understand better;
- ends up being what they’re really doing;
- frighten them less;
- reinforce the “community” contribution aspect;
- lead them to better understand the federated aspect as they realize that communities are not isolated and can talk to eachother.
What do you think?
“Let me know in the comments bellow…” - just kidding!
I am of the opinion that technology needs a language reform. The current day technology language makes it seem highly technical and it doesn’t have to be like that. For deem, we don’t view nature as too technical even though it is more complex than our technologies. How we discuss nature is meaningful, whereas how we discuss technology is narrow minded.