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How can you explain the Fediverse to someone? (media.kbin.run)

submitted 1 year ago by SamXavia@kbin.run to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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If you where to try and explain the Fediverse to someone, how would you explain it with it's different instances? As well as explain why it is better in some ways for the future of the Internet?

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I know it's more complex, just if you are trying to explain what the Fediverse is to someone who's older

"Remember Usenet?"

"Just like that, but anyone can run a server and start their own newsgroups"

[–] gullible@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It’s a gargantuan group of forums that you can access through your home forum. Your home forum admins act like admins on your home forum but have no power elsewhere.

Or “It’s like Reddit, but with longer URLs and a slightly different user culture.”

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