I used to say “Welcome to Lemmy” to new joiners, but nowadays quite a few of them join Piefed instance, having a generic term is easier

You can’t follow Mastodon users from Lemmy or Piefed, using “Fedivers” seems too generic

Previous post on the same topic: https://lemmy.zip/post/33451610

    • Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zipOP
      3·
      9 days ago

      Gemini is both the Google AI and the network protocol, it seems clear which one you’re referring to depending on context

      • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        9 days ago

        Arguably the context is very similar - it makes it seem like Threads is part of the “Threadiverse”. AFAIK it’s not? The fact that I don’t know is rather telling.

          • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
            7·
            9 days ago

            I, uh, don’t know what you’re trying to say. I was talking about support for the ActivityPub protocol.

                • Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zipOP
                  1·
                  8 days ago

                  I did, I was making a comparison how comments words such as “meta” and “threads” shouldn’t be owned by corporations

                  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
                    1·
                    8 days ago

                    Whilst I agree that they shouldn’t, it’s a fact that Threads exists and, as far as I know, is not part of the Threadiverse but is in an adjacent space. To the point where I personally, someone involved in the Fediverse, am not sure whether it communicates with the “Threadiverse”. Mastodon does, for example.

                    If we were talking about a family of phones called “Threads” then that wouldn’t be all that confusing, but when it’s another social app then it’s a mess.

      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        7·
        9 days ago

        To us maybe, as we already know what the fediverse is. To newcomers and people who haven’t really heard of it yet, it sounds like Threads and its associated software.

        I’ve been on here for about two years, and I’m pretty sure that you were here before me. This stuff is part of our everyday language, whereas most people haven’t heard of Lemmy, Piefed, or Mbin. They’ve all seen the ads for Threads though

      • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
        7·
        9 days ago

        And the word meta itself is used for meta communities on the Threadiverse which have nothing to do with Meta the company. Words existed before companies took them.