@[email protected] doesnt it feel strange using a term that nobody else uses and having to explain it over and over?
Sometimes I get to a point where I just stop using certain terms if I have to keep explaining them. Maybe I'm just too weak minded tbh.
@[email protected] It does… but sometimes we have to, especially in this case when there are some attempts to redefine the word “fediverse” adding even more confusion to it.
We either have to create a new term and arrange everything in order, or let things be more confusing for the newbies (and media for that matter).
It's similar to the native writing script of the Philippines called “Baybayin”. Because of a certain group of people successfully redefined the meaning of “Baybayin”, it became very confusing as an umbrella label, and even became political.
The solution to appease both sides was to create another umbrella label, which was agreed upon by all parties as “Suyat”. And finally, the endless word war quieted. ^^
It's not exactly there to become common, rather, to give some order to things and keep it simple. We've tried explaining by using “email” and the “universe, galaxies”, but people still don't understand. Add to that, those who want to redefine the “fediverse” adding to the confusion. ^_^
@[email protected] but doesn't making even more new phrases add to that confusion? Personally, if I didn't know what you were referring to when saying "mycelium network", I'd have to ask where the mushrooms are at....😅
Again though, maybe it's just me. I am not normal in many aspects.🤷♂️😂
@[email protected] At first, it's expected. However, we have to try. If it won't fly, then it means, at least as far as the “Decentralized, Distributed, Federated, Open, Network” ( #DDFON ) space is concerned, they don't care if the “migrants” redefine things.
It happened before… #Web3 was, and still is, about the #OpenSocialWeb but it was hijacked by #cryptocurrency people. And to solidify their control over what “Web3” means, these same people campaigned that OpenSocialWeb is actually Web3.0 (with the point-0 included). And voila, we lost control over “Web3”.
It's happening again, with the term “Fediverse” this time. Ironically, some who were being lumped under the “Fediverse” terminology are resisting (like #NOSTR and #ATproto, they prefer to use #NOSTRich and #ATmosphere respectively).
But, again, like I said introducing a new term has its positives, like in the example I mentioned re: “Baybayin” vs “Surat”/“Suyat”. The latter became the commonly accepted umbrella term instead of the former.
It's all about the community. Remember, just a few years ago, the discussion about replacing the term “fediverse” were so common. Yet, when people suggested replacements, no one supported any. It was all complaints, and those who took steps eventually gave up.
Maybe I will give up one day. Or, maybe not.
LOL. “DDFON”, I've been using that since, I think 2012/2013? And it was only a year or two ago that someone said they like it better than all the other “proposals”. :p