Reimagining Fediverse Advocacy

[cm0002@toast.ooo]

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[libb@piefed.social]

I don’t advocate because I hate it when people do it to me. What I do instead is that I use it (be it the Fediverse, Linux, any Free/Libre tools, like I also use analog tools whenever and wherever I can) and let people see that I don’t need or miss the corporate-owned alternatives, many of those people thinking are the only way. I show them there is an alternative to proprietary (and to digital, something too many Free/Libre users seem to forget and I let them digest that.

A few people will be intrigued enough to ask me questions but it is them that will be asking the questions and not me bothering them with my own remarks and suggestions, which makes a huge difference. They want to know more. And from those people, a few will be that intrigued they will be willing to give this or that specific app or tool a chance, or give Linux a chance… That Linux curiosity has been made a lot simpler thx to the Windows 11 debacle, and thx to the fact that installing my distro of choice (beginner friendly) takes less than 5 maybe 6 minutes on most machines, even older ones, and then, most of the times, everything will work out of the box. There is a real wow moment, there… Followed by some real frustrations but it still is much better than starting with the frustrations and no wow, imho

Edit: clarifications.