Sometimes I struggle to convey what continues to fascinate me about dezentraly organized social media - its like explaining to someone who never played Go why its awesome who never played it.

And what I would usually recommend is (in the case of Go): watch hikaru no go (popular Go anime). I could teach them the rules, but to capture the spirit of it, I would also need to spend hours playing it with them. So instead, I give them an awesome series, which conveys the drama, fights, frustrations through story.

Would that also work for the fediverse? Sometimes I tend to get lost in technical details and how it tries to solve problems about moderation without conveing any of the daily drama and excitement I have - so what would be a good series/film/anime/book/comic that could convey this? Or do we need to create it?

  • drspod@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I enjoyed Cory Doctorow’s book, “Walkaway” which is about a group of people who decide to opt-out of the corporate-controlled mainstream society. There are aspects to the Fediverse which make me think of the kinds of technology that these people use in the book.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkaway_(Doctorow_novel)

    It’s a great book, give it a read.

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      1 year ago

      Yes! This book is constantly going through my mind when I think about the Fediverse. Nice to encounter someone else who enjoyed it.