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Talk about choosing "a community", not "a server" (lemmy.pt)
submitted 3 days 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?

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Except you don't have to interact with other users on your server, so why label them as "communities". Communities on Lemmy or subreddits are already more deserving of the term "community" because that's where you actually go to interact with other people.

Edit: Typo

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Except you have to interact with other users on your server

Says who? I don't know the server of anyone I'm interacting with. I think "gateway" would be a better choice, but that isn't any less confusing.