Re: The term: "Mastodon" vs "fediverse" vs ...?

I like both fediverse and social web, athough fediverse seems more specific than social web.

For example, when people say fediverse, I think of the platforms that are currently in the fediverse, which are smaller independently run instances, most of which are not commercial entities. 

But when people say social web, to me that is more inclusive and could mean any social platform that can talk to other social platforms, including commercial websites.

On 12/19/22 8:19 PM, Adam Lake <adam@mosaic.social> wrote:
> 
> I don't think the Fediverse is a bad name. I kind of like it, but maybe 
> I am a "geek".  One person I know said it makes them think of "the Feds".
> 
> I have an affinity for the name Mosaic, which I think has a nice 
> metaphor of being separate but connected. It is a relatable name and not 
> too on the nose. I know this name has history as a Web browser.
> 
> Even if we want to change the name I doubt we have the power to inspire 
> a change it language just by announcing a new name. Naming of the 
> decentralized social Web seems like an emergent phenomena that will 
> follow whatever naming is in place at the time of mass adoption. So if 
> we do want a name change I suspect we would also have to significantly 
> enhance the existing Fediverse while calling it this new name. Only by 
> building the next phase of this movement could a new name be sticky enough.
> 
> Perhaps.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 8:40 PM Bob Wyman <bob@wyman.us 
> <mailto:bob@wyman.us>> wrote:
> 
>     "Social Web" could work.
> 
>       * I've got a Social Web account.
>       * Let's see what the Social Web thinks!
>       * I'm going to publish it on the Social Web.
>       * He's been reading the Social Web all day.
>       * I'm implementing a new Social Web service.
>       * Mastodon is a Social Web service and application.
>       * What is the future of the Social Web?
>       * ActivityPub is a Social Web protocol.
>       * How can we improve the Social Web?
> 
>     It works.
> 
>     bob wyman
> 
> 
> 
>     On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 8:33 PM Johannes Ernst
>     <johannes.ernst@gmail.com <mailto:johannes.ernst@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> >         On Dec 19, 2022, at 17:24, Aaron Parecki <aaron@parecki.com
> >         <mailto:aaron@parecki.com>> wrote:
> >
> >              However, what we're talking about here is the "Social Web"
> >
> >
> >         You could have stopped there! 
> 
>         Hmm, not bad.
> 
>         It might need a bit of explanation, because the term in itself
>         sounds descriptive, rather than the name of a “thing”.
> 
>         Does it meet the daytime TV test?
> 
>         Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
>         Johannes.
> 
>         https://reb00ted.org/ <https://reb00ted.org/>
> 
>

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