When I tell people the only social media I use is Lemmy, I always wait patiently for follow up questions immediately after, which never come, because nobody gives a shit about what obscure social media the 35 year old man uses.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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I just say "I frequent a few niche forums". No follow up questions. I'm old as well.
I frequent forums, too. Mostly car and motorcycle forums. Lemmy doesn't really have those kinds of forums.
If you have content please post it. I'd love to have a motorcycle forum here but can't really add content
You wanna see me install a Raspberry Pi 3 into my minivan to run the rear seat entertainment system? 😅
I'm more of a lurker than anything else haha. I scour forums for issues my cars/bikes are dealing with, and occasionally will ask a question here or there. I don't really make many posts anymore, unless I'm doing a specific job or troubleshooting process that I haven't seen documented anywhere else.
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I told one of my co-workers I used Lemmy, and he actually used Mastodan, so I'm the one who ended up asking him questions
As a 23 year old man, i quite often get the follow up "whats lemmy" but nothing beyond that.
“It’s like Reddit but less”
"Less bad?" They ask.
"Well yes, but also just less."
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Not even big instances, but big platforms I would say. Like, if you're lucky someone might have heard about Mastodon, but that's pretty much it.
“Ah yes the Dinosaur mato thing? Failed twitter alternative right?”
(actual quote from a convo I’ve had)
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The original comic is actually genius, and very true.
You clearly see it when the Linux users start prostletysing.
I want to like Linux and leave Windows, but when I say that I don't want to be forced to use CLI/terminal because I don't live in the 1970s, people get angry at me.
If all you do is web browse and play games, you should be able to use Linux without the CLI just fine.
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been on Linux mint for a year now and the only time i use the terminal is to git push to update my website. so far, nothing else I've been doing has needed the terminal.
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I’ve never felt like a bigger idiot than when I try to explain the fediverse to normal people.
I find it easier if the other person is a podcast listener.
"You know how podcast ads usually say 'listen to it in Apple or Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts?' It's a bit like that."
If not, I have to say something weak or complicated like "it's a bit like email, dunno how to explain this if you have never thought about how email works, though".
That's a really good analogy.
The email one works too once they realize they've never actually thought about what an email is. Like:
"If I send you an email from gmail, you can open it in outlook, right?" "Yeah"
"That's because an email is just a file that both gmail and outlook can use" "makes sense"
"Can I see your Twitter post on Reddit?" "No of course not"
"But i can see Lemmy (Reddit) posts on Mastodon (Twitter). And these apps aren't owned by huge companies. Normal people run each instance, and the software is free for anyone to use or host."
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Hey.. so you know about Email, right?
How you're with Gmail and I with.. say Proton. And we can still send Emails to each other? ...
Is my go to approach
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I always start with, ok, so you know the internet is basically a series of tubes right? Once we are on the same page about that, I start talking about ipv4 and ipv6 including a mention of dual stack supporting instances.
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[off topic?] When William Gibson was researching 'Neuromancer' he spent a lot of time hanging out with hackers. They'd tell stories and he'd catch about a quarter of what they were talking about.
When it came to write the book he decided that he'd make the book like that, the reader would have to push though a lot of things that didn't make sense until they acquired more information.
To top it all off, I share this to discord groups where nobody even knows what the fediverse is.
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Goddamnit! I love this and want to share it, but don't know anyone else that will appreciate it. Is this.. irony?
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What is misskey? I am a fediverse user and I don't even know what that is.
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