"This video is a colorful introduction to the Fediverse, guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate Elena Rossini. Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where privacy is respected, users are empowered, and Big Tech has no say."

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 16 points 2 weeks ago

This is great, I just cross-posted it to !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com hopefully someone can post it to Reddit. It's really nice to see a intro to the concept of the fediverse that doesn't get bogged down with technical details.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My concern is that if the Fediverse becomes big enough to truly threaten commercial options, corporations will find a way to destroy it - through lawsuits, malware, or using their political leverage to encourage overly restrictive laws.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It is too decentralized to be attacked. Torrents posses major risks to corpos, but still blooming

[–] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It is too decentralised to be taken down, but in especially non tech circles Torrents are like Satan to your Christian aunt

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Why should we be bothered by that? It doesn't posses any major danger to us.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

This is a great video to share with friends! Thank you

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure there are in fact algorithms in Fediverse code.

[–] DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Fediverse is a protocol. The implementation of it depends on the service.

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Great video! "It's all connected" might be a bit exaggerated though.

[–] caos@anonsys.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@gigachad Why do you think that's exaggerated? ... almost everything is connected, isn't it?
#Fediverse @caos

[–] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, I am not really familiar with other fediverse services, so maybe Lemmy is a special case. But I can't comment on peertube or follow someone on Mastodon. In theory it is connected, but in reality it's not fully implemented yet.

[–] caos@anonsys.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

@gigachad Yes, Lemmy really is a kind of special case in the Fediverse. From Lemmy, you can only post or comment in threads that are in groups (i.e. Lemmy, Piefed, mbin, Friendica groups) and can't follow individual accounts.
Of the others, groups are the exception, while Lemmy specialises in them. In this respect, Lemmy can do less here, but it is more clearly structured.