Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHow would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareHow would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
I described it as “Mastodon’s Reddit”. Which is inaccurate, and I’m not happy with it. How would you phrase it?
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day ago “Decentralized?” “Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
minus-squareJimmycrackcrack@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 hours agoIt really isn’t, I had no idea what people were on about when they said that and it sidetracked me from actually reaching a proper understanding. The analogy makes sense and seems apt, when you already understand the concept but not when you don’t.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day ago“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”. Is how that explaination would go.
minus-squarenope@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoNah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”
“Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
It really isn’t, I had no idea what people were on about when they said that and it sidetracked me from actually reaching a proper understanding. The analogy makes sense and seems apt, when you already understand the concept but not when you don’t.
“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”.
Is how that explaination would go.
Nah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”