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New blog post:
A phrase I hear often: “We need to grow the fediverse.” This always sparks a spirited debate: what does growth mean? Who’s welcome, and who’s not? And what even is “the fediverse” anyway?
https://jaz.co.uk/2025/08/14/there-is-one-fediverse-there-are-a-million-fediverses
jaz-michael king's blog
There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Fediverses.Over the past several years I’ve listened to admins, mods, and community managers from across the decentralised social media landscape. I’ve been in the chats, attended the conferences,…
This 100%
"The fediverse is not a place, it is the means to build a place."
I've often said one day Mastodon and the greater fediverse will be like Linux. Your grandmother never heard of Linux but her smart TV runs on it. You will belong to a great micro-blogging site that just happens to run on Mastodon.
couldn't agree more. The sooner we stop trying to explain complicated tech to people and get on with the business of connecting them to their friends, their fandom, their family's photos, the faster this will all become normal.
