cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41899743
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
Jason Koebler joins for a look at the value of a decentralized approach to the Tech industry and social media in providing users a cohesive and interoperable experience.
They did mention Activitypub as well. But yeah most still only associate the fediverse with mastodon.
People aren’t going to search up a general protocol though, if nothing specific was mentioned they’re going to assume nothing exists that was worth mentioning.
The problem with Fediverse and Linux is that it’s not “normal people” friendly. No one understands how this works because it’s not accessible and the people that run and make these platforms can’t communicate properly to the layman. It’s the same reason why engineers aren’t salespeople.
@OldChicoAle @Coelacanth I’ve always found this a weird argument. Literally every major tech we use is never because the normies understood it. Like I’ve lived through them getting the home PC, AOL, myspace, smartphones, etc etc. Normies never just start to use this stuff. They get dragged to it and taught how to use it by the other people in their lives who show them. It’s exceedingly rare for a normal person to see an ad and go ‘why yes, this is the thing for me!’ They always have a helper holding their hand.
I think the biggest issue is most people dont know what they are using to begin with. If you ask them, they will say they are not using Linux. While on an Android phone, with a router that may have linux (or at least some sort of nix), with servers that are likely Linux.
They only see the base platform (like mastodon). They wont know what the fediverse is, but they are “using” it. Ive seen the phenomenon with some of the newer people to mastodon, pixelfed, etc…
But yeah we are NOT salespeople lol. The good ones can make money selling just about anything. We are an active money sink (but thats ok).