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An important distinction is slowly being uncovered about the definition of the term "fediverse." Who is it that gets to decide what this place is? How are we being represented? These are not easy questions to answer and if we don't do a better job describing ourselves, then the job will get done for us by people who don't understand the underlying values we hold. #fediverse #meta #threads
@liaizon Federation is a term used to describe an action or state occurring over the ActivityPub (or AT) protocol. It’s neither a brand nor owned. In app design, devs use different icons to define open-menu and close-menu actions, different symbols for sending emails — envelopes and paper airplanes — and different symbols to chat widgets among other actions. Meta serves users all over the world, and in some of those places, using a pentagram as a UI convention might be offensive.
@bretcarmichael this is an incredibly rude reply. I have been working in the field of federated and open networks for many many years now and having you chime in to explain federation is quite ridiculous
@liaizon @bretcarmichael Dang Captain Autismo, no need to get so defensive over someone offering their thoughts. Makes you appear very insecure about that fediverse expertise of yours.
@andrew sorry if I was being defensive, I just received hundreds of comments after making that post and some of them struck a nerve.
@liaizon no worries, happens to the best of us!