I'm really impressed at how quickly my beige.party account got up to speed! Snagging an old export of people I follow from kolektiva filled my feed very quickly—and people were nice enough to follow me back again.
I honestly doubt that centralized social media could possibly match that.
This just increased my interest in working up a good flyer and bookmark to promote Fediverse adoption by more people. I just need to figure out what website to point to. The key factor is avoiding ANY of the techno-speak that causes the non-tech public's eyes to glaze over.
So:
No "instance". Call it a "home" if you call it anything. And DON'T EXPLAIN IT!
Get people into Mastodon first, I guess, but include a link for them to look up other Fediverse services as well.
I just want to increase the chances they won't automatically sign up on Mastodon.social.
#Mastodon #socialmedia #MastodonPromotion #Fediverse
Quasit
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2026-05-16 21:05:28 UTC
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2026-05-16 21:05:28 UTCEvent JSON
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