I just discovered that the #Fediverse includes much more than just the various #Mastodon instances out there and now I feel like if I tried to explain that to someone coming over from the bird site or some other big social that they'd think I was absolutely insane. To be honest, I kind of feel a little insane knowing that from Mastodon, I can access and browse content from platforms like #Diaspora, #Friendica, #Peertube, and more, not that I know how to do any of that. https://fediverse.party/

@pyutaros That's the cool thing, you don't need to know. And, most of the time, you won't even realise it.

@josemanuel This is true, and most people won't understand how it works. I wouldn't have known or cared if not for a cantankerous post I came across that was making light of the fact that some journalists coming over to Mastodon didn't know the difference between it and the Fediverse. Then I was like, hey, I didn't know that either. In any case, I think it's probably a big ask to expect people who can hardly get their heads around instannces to understand the Fediverse. At least not right away.

@pyutaros It's not that complicated, but it's easier to understand it by experiencing it than by being shown or told about it.