… pronounce are removed. Everything is just so "smooth" and "clean" and "one-click checkout" optimised with gamified surfaces, that it has become hard to avoid.
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… pronounce are removed. Everything is just so "smooth" and "clean" and "one-click checkout" optimised with gamified surfaces, that it has become hard to avoid.
In a more serious vain, the conversation of criticising the term Fediverse for its usefulness has continued last week.
I was asked to write down my reasons for rejecting the word and have now done so. Maybe the reasoning presented there can also contribute to the conversation here:
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to jon ⚝ last edited by
A name, a logo, a symbol. And philosophers arguing for change. At this point we can only 'rename-by-emergence'. An alternative may go viral, or get there by slow & gradual adoption, or be enforced by power players. Until then we are stuck with what's there.
Meta has a fedi logo in which (presumably) they are the center of it all. May it be black-holed.
I have no issue with Fediverse. I think it will become like Web and Internet. Utterly generic and broad non-controversial category name.
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) last edited by
@yala but if a different name emerges, I am fine with that too. You make some good arguments for change. Now get some good alternative names out and about..
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) last edited by
@yala there's the 3-star fedi symbol being advocated (I don't have the unicode char at hand rn).
And this alternative logo to the 'pentagram' design: https://wizard.casa/objects/01910115-05ec-18fd-dfe9-04b6b588f9bf
In terms of names in the past I've thought of sticking with the goofy, affectionate ones. Stick with "toot" instead of "post". And maybe make #Fedi something different than Fediverse, namely the mythical 'ye olde fediverse' before corporate takeover started to set in.
Had a bit of fun, and yes it is silly too.. maybe
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jon ⚝replied to smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) last edited by
@smallcircles This icon is also still leaning in to the F.
What I am trying to say is probably, that the federation is not the primary quality of this self-regulating network, governed by protocols and adaptive moderation and contribution practice.
It is something new, which extends beyond our conventional understanding of what a federation means. Why we might be in need of a more fitting term.
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to jon ⚝ last edited by
@yala you are spot on in the observation, yet..
No one thinks "I will go to the world wide web of hyperlinks and find me a hypertext I like". They just go to the Web, this abstract concept.
No one thinks "let's fire up the Internet Protocol Suite and spend some nice time TCP/IP'ing today". They internet.
When "Fediverse" becomes common enough (maybe already is), it becomes a concept on its own and not trigger other connotations.
Alternative names may still emerge at this stage, but its hard.