Following up from discussion with @LydiaConwell ; I'm seeing a lot of journalists conflate fedi with mastodon.social-- essentially, a single website with a single point of failure-- and missing the point of distribution.
Is there a good article, infographic, or blog post debunking this, accessible to people without any technical background? (So nothing like "ActivityPub is a protocol", since most people don't know what communications protocols are.)
@MatejLach @cidney Actually choosing an instance is quite overwhelming and because many of them are defensive when they set out their rules (to put trolls off) they come across a little bit authoritarian and stifling. But once you're here it's easy enough.
It's much more social and much more diverse than other site, I feel.
@LydiaConwell @MatejLach ...agreed.
I'm having trouble thinking of a good instance for journalists who already have a real-name following and don't want to self-host. Same for any celebrities that aren't tech-adjacent.
@cidney @LydiaConwell @MatejLach Maybe journalists and celebrities should just create their own instances? Compared to most people on the fediverse, they have plenty of ressources and network to do so.
@hansup I think that would be brilliant. In many ways Mastodon is a great avenue to explore.
@LydiaConwell
Ha! That's a very interesting point re instance selection that never really occurred to me but thinking about it, I am inclined to agree.
I had much more interesting interactions on here than I ever had over there for sure.
@cidney