@ikklegemzuniverse@app.wafrn.net avatar ikklegemzuniverse , to random

How do you explain to someone who doesn't know much about social media what Mastodon or the fediverse is?

Mum mainly scrolls through Facebook, X & Instagram & occasionally posts/shares things on Facebook.

I'm not very good at explaining things, so I thought someone on here might do a better job.

hermitcyclop ,
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Yeah the email comparison doesn't really work anymore bc most ppl use gmail nowaday.
I guess something like "it's like X but instead of having one X owner and operated by one guy there were a lot of small X operated by a company, a nonprofit, your city, your friend's son, etc. And if you're on one X you can still see and share all the posts from the other Xs too. And you can also see and share all the posts from small Facebooks and Instagrams because they connect together too."

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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social avatar h4ckernews Bot , to random
@h4ckernews@mastodon.social avatar h4ckernews Bot , to random
fl42v , to Programmer Humor in Before and after programming

I've learned python after CPP... And I can't remember all the cases when I thought "damn, I wish I could've just used pointers"