I'm working on a YouTube mini series explaining the Fediverse!!

[nosirrahsec@infosec.exchange]

@stefan @taylorlorenz @Alice Talk to some of the instance administrators and perhaps go over the aspect of a community-run social media platform in a digestible format that people can enjoy without being huge tech nerds.

[ianamartin@thecanadian.social]

@alice@lgbtqia.space @Alice@beige.party @stefan @taylorlorenz I’ll just add that I get more joy out of a toot from someone named ‘Alice’ than just about anyone else.

Okay, maybe @TheBreadmonkey

And @LRRRonEarth

[samirparikh@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz is the scope of this just Mastodon or could it also include things like PixelFed, WriteAs and PeerTube? Just a thought.

[rosshunter@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz great idea

[mizblueprint@mastodon.online]

@taylorlorenz
@mekkaokereke is one of the luminaries here.

[chrismessina@mastodon.xyz]

@taylorlorenz I could certainly offer some historical framing…

[realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world]

The different programs and their forks! (Like #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #Misskey, and the history of their forks)

The #Reddit-style forum #Fediverse software like #Lemmy and #Mbin

#Fediblock

Attempts from big tech to adopt the #Fediverse (like #Threads)

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@thekerker @taylorlorenz @Gargron @mellifluousbox @stux @alice

@_elena who also makes videos and is not claiming to be an expert but I would say is from a beginner perspective.

[mitradranirban@typo.social]

@taylorlorenz @FediTips provides detailed beginner friendly information through their sites and handles

[not2b@sfba.social]

@wandrecanada @taylorlorenz In the early days he was a participant, but it seems his Fediverse postings now are write-only, same content that is posted to other platforms. Robert Reich is the same way. I might be wrong about that.

[loganfive@beige.party]

@ChrisHolladay @taylorlorenz
That’s a good idea too.

[wandrecanada@mastodon.social]

@not2b @taylorlorenz Yes they both post a lot of cross post stuff. However, George Takei was an early touchstone for Mastodon users when it was very new and feeds were sparse.

His current contributions seem less valuable outside cross posting content but he is 88 years old now. If that is still him posting one liners, power to him.

[imrehg@fosstodon.org]

@taylorlorenz I'd nominate @Edent, both very social and very much versed in the tech itself.

[paelnever@masto.es]

@taylorlorenz
Please don't forget to mention that in many mastodon servers there is a rule that you cannot "annoy" people, yes it's as arbitrary as it sounds. As you could imagine the simple fact of disagreeing with someone in the comments (even if is made with absolute respect and rationality) will annoy that person so you can be banned for that. The consequence is that some mastodon branches aren't a place to discuss rationally, only a place where you show off your opinions and there is no debate admitted about it.

[simx72@tkz.one]

@taylorlorenz

There is a fedimagazine being written by fediversers in spanish

I am not part of it but I can say it is very representative of this side of the fediverse

https://archive.org/details/lafedirevista-1er-numero

[jeffcliff@whinge.town]

@taylorlorenz

@sun is who you want to talk to.

[smartmanapps@dotnet.social]

@taylorlorenz
@mapache who wrote Badgefed, a guide on how to federate Wordpress blogs, and several other projects

[aktbar@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz I’d recommend @CiaraNi

[chrisoliver@indieweb.social]

@_elena and @FediTips

[santiago@mastodon.uy]

@taylorlorenz talk to @cwebber and @evan