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Recently, there was a question by @ taylorlorenz about how you explain the Fediverse to someone who doesn't use it. And usually, what we tend to do is we talk about servers and decentralisation and fe
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writer with a day job in healthcare. sometime artist and photographer. collector of Virginia Woolf trivia. houseplant den mother. occasional commentary on progressive politics. cw for frequent cat pics + shmoopy pet discourse. posts are deleted after 30 days. https:/archiveofourown.org/users/ignova (have changed instances a few times; i've been on fedi for longer than it says) # writing # photography # plants # writerscoffeeclub # wordweavers # pennedpossibilities
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Feb 14, 2026
@aj salesmanship is rightly viewed with a lot of suspicion here, but fedizens could take a few lessons from it.
most people are not swayed by technical information. they neither understand nor care about it, and it even intimidates them out of considering your solution. instead they want to know 'how will this make me feel?' and 'how will this change my life?'
a refuge from ads and unwanted content—that's what fedi is to me. fedi is a feed that i control—i decide what i see, and not some evil rightwing CEO. i also experience way less harassment here, though that experience is not universal. fedi is as close to a rage-free internet as i have found.
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