Chris Trottier on Nostr: #[0] I'm taking a new approach to Fediverse evangelism. Previously, when people asked ...
npub120zh308gs69j3vwgvvrzgglv58vsk3q0vef43uajyu0lc3mtldsq2p33r2 (npub120z…33r2) I'm taking a new approach to Fediverse evangelism.
Previously, when people asked me about another Fediverse service such as pixelfed (npub1q03…622l), I'd spend untold hours explaining it to them -- even providing screenshots.
People would go, "Oh, neat!" -- then never try it.
But now if people ask me about
Not only will this save me time and effort, it will hopefully provoke them to use services like #[3].
Previously, when people asked me about another Fediverse service such as pixelfed (npub1q03…622l), I'd spend untold hours explaining it to them -- even providing screenshots.
People would go, "Oh, neat!" -- then never try it.
But now if people ask me about
, I'm going to tell them, "Try it!"quoting nevent1q…9pge#[0] Yesterday, I expressed exasperation that Mastodon users don't try other Fediverse services. The sheer numbers bear witness too this.
While Mastodon has ~10 million accounts, #[1] only has ~150,000 accounts.
That means 9,850,000 of you have never tried #[2] -- and besides, Pixelfed is one of the most popular Fediverse services.
This unwillingness to try the rest of the Fediverse could end up killing the Fediverse!
Not only will this save me time and effort, it will hopefully provoke them to use services like #[3].