I’ve been interested in computers and IT generally for more than 2 decades by now, so I don’t think my experience reflects the experience of a standard user.
It didn’t take long for me to grasp the concept of the fediverse and federation in general and I really like that specific aspect of lemmy.
Still, I think there should be an infographic like the this somewhere visible or mentioned and linked directly on join-lemmy.org for new users to understand. It’s a very nicely summarized text with visualizations of what this actually means in practical terms. If you’ve been living your whole life in the “single-owner” Microsoft / Apple / Android circle, the terms “decentralized” and “federated” might seem like foreign concepts.
I found the linked infographic in the “welcome” thread for new users on lemmy.world.
I joined lemm.ee because it was the most active of all the servers, but in retrospect, I should’ve joined sh.itjust.works just for the name. FYI - the second most active lemmy server (when sorting by activity on join-lemmy.org) is lemmynsfw.com, so congrats to beating the horny people!
It’s also interesting to see which communities you really subscribe to in a completely new network. On reddit I joined so many subreddits, sometimes just on a whim. And now, most of them don’t even interest me anymore. A nice, fresh start, really is the perfect time to apply the lessons learned from past mistakes.
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I’m using the Voyager for Lemmy app on Android as that one is open source and on GitHub. And the progressive-web-app version can be self-hosted in a docker container.
If you are interesting in computers and IT, the concepts should indeed make sense to you quite fast.
About our explanations of federation, there is a pinned post on [email protected] where you will see which approach we use nowadays. Feel free to comment there !
I’ve been interested in computers and IT generally for more than 2 decades by now, so I don’t think my experience reflects the experience of a standard user.
It didn’t take long for me to grasp the concept of the fediverse and federation in general and I really like that specific aspect of lemmy. Still, I think there should be an infographic like the this somewhere visible or mentioned and linked directly on join-lemmy.org for new users to understand. It’s a very nicely summarized text with visualizations of what this actually means in practical terms. If you’ve been living your whole life in the “single-owner” Microsoft / Apple / Android circle, the terms “decentralized” and “federated” might seem like foreign concepts.
I found the linked infographic in the “welcome” thread for new users on lemmy.world.
I joined lemm.ee because it was the most active of all the servers, but in retrospect, I should’ve joined sh.itjust.works just for the name. FYI - the second most active lemmy server (when sorting by activity on join-lemmy.org) is lemmynsfw.com, so congrats to beating the horny people!
It’s also interesting to see which communities you really subscribe to in a completely new network. On reddit I joined so many subreddits, sometimes just on a whim. And now, most of them don’t even interest me anymore. A nice, fresh start, really is the perfect time to apply the lessons learned from past mistakes.
[EDIT]
I’m using the Voyager for Lemmy app on Android as that one is open source and on GitHub. And the progressive-web-app version can be self-hosted in a docker container.
Welcome!
If you are interesting in computers and IT, the concepts should indeed make sense to you quite fast.
About our explanations of federation, there is a pinned post on [email protected] where you will see which approach we use nowadays. Feel free to comment there !
Ah, yeah, “most users don’t care” is true. Being the only IT guy in my social circle, I can verify this :D