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

Well "multi" isn't very exciting either when it's separated from "multiverse" and that term is also pretty popular in mainstream culture atm ;)

IMO it's not early enough to introduce a new term for the fediverse. The ship has sailed, or perhaps another term will emerge spontaneously from users or through a coordinated PR campaign by a powerful actor.

Social Web has been used in this context for a long while and I think it's fine. But it also is less specific and descriptive re: federation, which is the defining and common aspect that unites these instances / platforms.

Whatever happens, I hope we can avoid the ambiguity of "free" in any term, so I don't have to explain _gratis_ vs. _libre_ :)

Cheers,
- Sean


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Sean O'Brien
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On December 20, 2022 1:17:23 AM UTC, Johannes Ernst <johannes.ernst@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Dec 19, 2022, at 17:08, Sean O'Brien <sean.obrien@yale.edu> wrote:
>> ... Gen Z and younger folks ...are, after all, hyper-exposed to cinematic universes, the spiderverse, and so on :)
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>“Spiderverse” is a so much cooler term than “Fediverse”. I know what a spider is, and it creates a gamut of emotions, all of which get me fired up — but what’s a Fedi and how should I feel about that?
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>> IMO it's very unwise to add more terminology to the pile here.
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>If a rebranding needs to happen, it needs to happen at the earliest-possible time, which is why I bring this up now.
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>Cheers,
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>Johannes.
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>https://reb00ted.org/
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