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  • @johannab No, not at all snarky. πŸ’•

    What is so interesting is to discern between the technical and social, and I think that most people have a very functional-technical perspective of what it means to communicate online, so to say. Consider it merely as extra channels to interact with others, more choice to connect.

    But of course our online social network is much more than merely a channel, and we have to 'project our social' somehow over these thin copper and fiberglass wires, while we try to make sense and interpret the social signals that come from other remote places.

    I think we underestimate the impact of communicating online, and the narrow 'social bandwidth' that our current networking tools support. Then we translate online situations to how we would behave offline and get wrong expectations, misconceptions, and subequenctly miscommunications.

    We are still all youngers online, still all learning the ropes, while we do social networking offline for 1,000's of years already.

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  • @smallcircles

    Awesome!

    I hope my response didn't come off snarky, as that wasn't how I meant it - at worst I intended to be a bit pedantic. And relatable analogies are *always* at my fingertips when talking to the inexperienced or "non-tech" social network users, for sure.

    But *eventually* we need to draw people in to a little more media- and tech-literate understanding.

    I'm bookmarking your blog post, thanks - this is a topic in my current academic modules and my hoped-for masters capstone

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  • @johannab

    What I particularly like in your definition, is that it makes clear that "fediverse" by itself indicates a pure technosphere. It enables social communication, and merely facilitates it. What people do on that channel, the way they communicate and how they interact with others then determines the social experience.

    SX starts to consider a social experience from the most personal perspective, where a person has individual needs wrt their online participation. Then using the "Pyramid of perspective" this scale up to consider inter-personal relationships, and at the top of the pyramid and at the largest scale we shape the constructs of society together.

    (Note that SX is a universal solution development methodology, even though it starts with a focus on social web and software development.)

    See also: https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#pyramid-of-perspective

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  • @johannab

    That is a good, more matter of fact characterization to all the analogies indeed. Thank you.

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  • @smallcircles

    Other: loosely-bound meta-network of more tightly-bound community or topical networks.

    I *describe my experience* using all kinds of analogies such as the other options in this poll.

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  • @Curry @theraccoonbytes I was thinking of privately reaching out to Casey and PJ first (Kevin has barely used the instance) to see what their plans are for the future...

    and then maybe try to assemble a group of volunteers to see if anyone is interested in helping out with hosting, moderation, onboarding, community engagement, etc.

    For now whenever I can I browse their local timeline and interact with people to make them feel seen and valued...

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  • @draNgNon thanks, some very good food for thought.

    I think the crucial point is that we do not know and do not offer proper ways to deal with different modes of communication, esp. if the only medium channel constitutes a stream of sticky notes, such as we have here in this space.

    On the first point, when is something an vs. a healthy interest area, I think depends how well one is able to cross the 'membranes' of all the various social contexts and information spaces one navigates online, as it were.

    There should be a place for 'influencing' to an extent if only to reach your crowd and build community and such. But all in balance and proportion and clear social context preferably. Non-profits and groups want to influence, we may want to be informed.

    To the last point. There's urgency to address the dark world situation, and either organize or lose. defines as a way to engage in constructive ..

    https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116159361728695210

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  • @theraccoonbytes @_elena Are there specific measures I can be taking to help keep our beloved alive? Besides being active myself?

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    I’m going to be participating in the Growing the Open Social Web workshop at Fediforum on March 3, 2026. I’m excited to talk to other people who care about the Fediverse about ways to connect more people through ActivityPub.Fediforum invited attendees to publish position papers before the workshop. SWF has a number of hypotheses about growth of the social web; I’ll try to summarise some of them here.Growth can’t come at the expense of privacy. People currently on the Fediverse must have the tools they need to preserve their privacy as the network grows. This means privacy from other users, as well as privacy from new platform operators. Expanding the options for private interactions on the Fediverse, like end-to-end encrypted messages and private groups, is necessary for preserving privacy as the user base and platform list expands.Connecting platforms to the Fediverse is our most efficient way to grow. There are already billions of people on social platforms across the Internet. Getting these platforms to let users publish to the Fediverse, as well as having two-way interactions with remote users, lets people share in the benefits of the Fediverse with a platform and interface that they’re already used to. Even when brand new social platforms adopt ActivityPub, they bring their new features and users.Connecting communities helps us grow fast and stay cohesive. Bringing formal and informal communities onto the Fediverse is a great way to enable a lot of new users quickly. By formal communities, we mean organized groups like clubs, universities and schools, professional societies, enterprises, or local and regional governments. These groups can set up their own places on the Fediverse, like Mastodon servers, and provide user accounts for all their members. (One great way to connect formal communities is to Fediverse-enable the community platforms they already use.) These new Fediverse users have the kind of connections in place that retain active users, as well as the support they need to use the Fediverse. More informal communities, like people sharing the same profession, fans of a particular hobby, or users of a language or technology, can be great additions to the Fediverse, but these groups are less cohesive and less likely to bring their own infrastructure.People come to social networks for existing social ties. Bringing on new users one-by-one is the most difficult way to grow this network. The best way to engage new users on the network, and to keep them active and interested, is to make sure they can connect to people they already know and care about. That may be friends, family, colleagues and neighbours, or brands, creators, and publications they recognise. Our onboarding processes for Fediverse users need to encourage the social contacts so that people feel a reason to stick around for day 2, 7, and 30.We’re looking forward to engaging with the Fediforum community on these and other topics. We’ll see you on March 3!
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    @Neko0001 merci et Γ  vous aussi.
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    Fediverse & AI Coding Tools & Vibe Coding...I noticed 2 or 3 people lately using AI coding tools to create Fediverse software.2 of them even seemed to be Vibe Coding....I have been programming for over 30 years. I am probably not going to Vibe Code, but β€” I do recognize that it can be empowering to non-programmers https://mastodon.social/@reiver/115639716286184653...#ActivityPub #AICodingTools #Fedidev #Fedidevs #Fediverse #JSONLD #VibeCoding
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    @liaizon @Mastodon @altstore@fosstodon.org @altstore@alt.store Super cool!