I stopped halfway, explaining to my mom. She got the jist and thought it was cool, cause she has come to loathe centralized power in her own little way. “OH so it’s like the internet used to be” I was kinda surprised how quickly she picked up on my excitement.

I have no friends.

“No, see, it’s actually a good thing that everything isn’t in one place…”

My roommate’s eyes rolled very hard when I casually dropped the term “fediverse” for the first time

Yeah, but the thing is, it’s decentralized. Did I mention that?

But they all use the same protocol!

“No no no, the different instances and stuff aren’t competing. You see they all grow together”

ngl I’ve honestly gotten very frustrated at some of my friends for being very unreceptive to even trying a fediverse site, saying they would rather just stop using social media, and then signing up for Bluesky the moment they got the opportunity.

I just send them permalinks. I’m doing my part 🫡