Guys, when you talk about the Fediverse to friends, family, or colleagues, how do you explain it?

Do you call it a “decentralized social network,” an “alternative to big tech,” or “a collection of open-source networks”? And how do you convince someone to create an account on Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc., without them getting scared by technical terms like instance, federated, or peer-to-peer?

I’m asking because my so-called friends don’t believe me and even call me crazy when I talk about this “nonsense.”

The future is open source, decentralized, and federated!

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    20 hours ago

    I have only mentioned the fediverse to one guy I know, and we have many intrest in common, hoe server lab, 3d printing, electronics, automations etc. He looked at me with a smile and called me a nerd…

    So I have just accepted that maybe this place isn’t for everyone, maybe they will stumble on to this place when the time is right.