Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoHow would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareHow would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
I described it as “Mastodon’s Reddit”. Which is inaccurate, and I’m not happy with it. How would you phrase it?
minus-squaresquirrel@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·23 hours agoDecentralized and noncommercial reddit
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 hours agoFirst thing asked “Decentralized?” And it’s one of those things where those who care already know, and those that don’t care won’t : “get it” by you explaining it.
minus-squarekhannie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours ago “Decentralized?” “Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 hours ago“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”. Is how that explaination would go.
minus-squarenope@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoNah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”
minus-squareDearOldGrandma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-220 hours agoI found it pretty easy by explaining that if reddit is a website, then Lemmy is a search engine that just has a similar feel to it. It isn’t accurate, but gets the point across to those who don’t understand tech.
Decentralized and noncommercial reddit
First thing asked “Decentralized?”
And it’s one of those things where those who care already know, and those that don’t care won’t : “get it” by you explaining it.
“Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”.
Is how that explaination would go.
Nah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”
I found it pretty easy by explaining that if reddit is a website, then Lemmy is a search engine that just has a similar feel to it.
It isn’t accurate, but gets the point across to those who don’t understand tech.