I was just thinking about the main criticism we get when we promote Lemmy, which is “why are there so many different URLs, names, platforms? What is Voyager, Photon, Piefed, Lemmy? Feddit.uk, lemmy.ca?”
So, in the same logic as just saying “go to https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content and see if you like it. If you want an app, the links are on https://vger.app/settings/install”, I think it could be interesting to have a global name for everything. We could even try with Photon, to be honest.
I’m not against a consolidated name that fully encapsulates the ActivityPubiverse, and still think that is important to driving people in. Fediverse is probably sufficient enough for the time being. But user activity begins when users can interact with it, so perhaps introducing instances as ‘lemdro.id, a Lemmy platform’ or something of that ilk could achieve that. That way, it’s not seen as a competing standard, just an implementation of one. Then, as users become more familiar with the ecosystem, the hierarchy and segments could be learnt over time if they choose to do so.
On a more serious note (compared to my previous comments), I don’t think this is a good idea. While it has the best of intentions, it only leads to further fragmention and confusion.
I was just thinking about the main criticism we get when we promote Lemmy, which is “why are there so many different URLs, names, platforms? What is Voyager, Photon, Piefed, Lemmy? Feddit.uk, lemmy.ca?”
So, in the same logic as just saying “go to https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content and see if you like it. If you want an app, the links are on https://vger.app/settings/install”, I think it could be interesting to have a global name for everything. We could even try with Photon, to be honest.
"Go to https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content and see if you like it. If you want an app, the links are on https://phtn.app/mobile (which would redirect to the 2 Voyager links). Example of confusion some users experience: https://old.reddit.com/r/RejoinEU/comments/1ipff9z/ok_so_what_next_what_can_you_do_to_help_the_cause/me0jdxp/?context=3
I gotta admit Im already fragmented and confused
fwiw, Welcome to the Fediverse! Is there anything in particular that has you kerflumoxed?
I’m not against a consolidated name that fully encapsulates the ActivityPubiverse, and still think that is important to driving people in. Fediverse is probably sufficient enough for the time being. But user activity begins when users can interact with it, so perhaps introducing instances as ‘lemdro.id, a Lemmy platform’ or something of that ilk could achieve that. That way, it’s not seen as a competing standard, just an implementation of one. Then, as users become more familiar with the ecosystem, the hierarchy and segments could be learnt over time if they choose to do so.
But then you have “feddit.online, a Piefed instance”, and people would have no way to know those two work with each other