Post #1428541

2026-01-23 15:48 UTC

@crossgolf_rebel @jaz @josh I won't go into the pluses and minuses of small vs. large instances. I'm thinking exclusively about what kind of map would be more effective in showing the realities of the fediverse to the outside world. And, to the outside world, a map where every other instance people find is a self-hosted one, will be ignored because "bah, there's nobody there". That's how they think. And we won't change how they think unless we show them that "actually, there IS people there."

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@crossgolf_rebel@moppels.bar 2026-01-23 16:06

@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social However, this only shows that the Fediverse has not been understood and also that the media has failed to communicate this clearly. The network is not to blame for the fact that people have stopped thinking for themselves or for what the media write/report. With the right information about the Fediverse, you can draw exactly the opposite conclusions. I can't help it if people have allowed themselves to be misled for so long in closed networks. All you can do is provide the information and hope that the right conclusions are drawn. @jaz@toot.wales @josh@fediscience.org

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