Post AMpSUATZRsxHd3J320 by javierg@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AMnSIOQDNrrb5eCa0m by urusan@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-22T20:06:27Z
       
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       What do you, in practice, call the federated social media network?By "in practice" I mean the name you use when you aren't thinking about your language usage carefully (as opposed to what you think it should be logically called).
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnTKecMEsndr0WX3Y by skyfaller@jawns.club
       2022-08-22T20:18:24Z
       
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       @urusan I regularly use both Mastodon and Pixelfed in an interoperable fashion, e.g. boosting posts from one on the other. I also hope to use other Fediverse software, such as BookWyrm, in the future.So while I sometimes use "Mastodon" as shorthand, I talk about the Fediverse the majority of the time, since that better reflects my actual experience.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnVqc6TK32TENybtA by sjb@mstdn.io
       2022-08-22T20:46:38Z
       
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       @urusan For a few months I called it "Mastodon" but then realised I wasn't referring to the front end software, so call it the "fediverse" now, which sounds weird but whatever.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnVwupebOuZ3S7CSW by silvermoon82@tech.lgbt
       2022-08-22T20:47:46Z
       
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       @urusanI usually talk about "the fediverse, like Mastodon and all those".ActivityPub _sounds lile_ the name of a web standard, so folks' eyes glaze over and they stop listening immediately, but I don't like to mention *just* Masto, because there's so many to choose from and we don't want to encourage a monoculture.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnW6C3LwcWZ4Rwl8q by IceWolf@masto.brightfur.net
       2022-08-22T20:49:26Z
       
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       @urusan I wish this was multiple choice, because we use "masto" and "fedi" about interchangeably. Although more often "masto".
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnWGRpW8pMCtiMgsK by schratze@todon.nl
       2022-08-22T20:51:19Z
       
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       @urusan in everyday life, to people who aren't on the fedi? "the internet"
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnaZD75Ttb0Zcmkwy by takloufer@fosstodon.org
       2022-08-22T21:39:30Z
       
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       @urusan it was 'the federation' to me already in the time star trek enterprise memes about it were still relevant.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMncPF1thYJZWsjRQG by OpenComputeDesign@linuxrocks.online
       2022-08-22T22:00:11Z
       
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       @urusan I honestly call it "Linux social media" or "that place I am on the internet" so my family has any idea what I'm talking about.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMndBV4VMQC7BOxlse by getimiskon@udongein.xyz
       2022-08-22T22:08:51.892763Z
       
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       @urusan Fediverse, and anyone who tries to call it "Mastodon" when I am awake and on it, I'm ready to execute them (on Minecraft).Seriously, the only kind of people who use the name of the platform to talk about the whole federated network are usually the "birdsite" refugees.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnhRA0TqZ4oIjnsdk by Piky_Nieves@mastodon.social
       2022-08-22T22:56:27Z
       
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       @urusan Mastodon is where I am; it is a part of the Fediverse.That's it.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMnpLLGDtKTB6Hu50S by Azure@tailswish.industries
       2022-08-23T00:25:09.109895Z
       
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       @urusan Before Misskey really took off I would occasionally call it Mastoroma, but just The Fediverse, now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AMpSUATZRsxHd3J320 by javierg@mstdn.social
       2022-08-23T19:18:22Z
       
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       @urusan Email.Not completely joking (but yes, a bit), I usually say "Mastodon", but try to always point that federated protocols are the foundation of the internet.  BGP, DNS, SMTP, heck, even HTTP! are all federated and decentralised.