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Talk about choosing "a community", not "a server" (lemmy.pt)
submitted 1 week ago by Ninguem@lemmy.pt to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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It stroke me that saying things like "First, you have to choose a comunity to join the fediverse" might be a better way to ease onboarding nwecommers than "First, you have to choose a server".

Although the latter might be technically more accurate, the former is what people might

  • understand better;
  • ends up being what they're really doing;
  • frighten them less;
  • reinforce the "community" contribution aspect;
  • lead them to better understand the federated aspect as they realize that communities are not isolated and can talk to eachother.

What do you think?

"Let me know in the comments bellow..." - just kidding!

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I personally don't like the idea if calling servers communities. Mainly because they are not.

Maybe call it a home and that you can access other communities from your home.

That said it is not clear enough that not all communities in a "home" can be accessed from all homes. Or is it me that hasn't understood it well? I was part of a local national server where only a few if their communities were federated