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@malte @abekonge I agree that the network effect is the strongest barrier to switching.

It seems like some people organized kind of analogous to the cryptoparty concept in Germany a couple years ago. Rebooting this approach seems like the most attractive approach to me, and I'm motivated to try holding one in this year

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@malte @abekonge while I really like the approach of migrating whole networks at a time, I am a bit skeptical with the level of organizational overhead I imagine your concept requires.

I think people agitating to leave and eventually setting an ultimatum works, and what people do already.

Perhaps we can enshrine the day Twitter was sold to Musk as Exodus day, and agitate for it every year as a coordination point for switching?

@douginamug That's a good idea for some communities - those that had or have a relationship to Twitter. Ultimately, what will work is entirely dependent on each particular community. That's the reason why I'm thinking less in broad one-directional communication campaigns and more in structures that use the "coordination problem" inherent in each community. @abekonge

@malte @abekonge Just going to link this fun looking fedi workshop from @tommi here since it seems relevant tommi.space/fedilab/

Hmmm... you know how there is ? Let's perhaps start using for this precise topic, of _communicating_ (what) the fediverse (is)

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Thanks so much for sharing, @douginamug! Actually, the workshop has a dedicated website, now!

ournet.rocks/

@malte @abekonge

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@tommi wow, very nice! Really enjoyed reading through the history bit. Here are some optional text alterations you might want to consider:

"In a century thorn by global wars" -> thorn -> torn

"60 millions" -> 60 million (same for "2 billions")

"initial sparkle" -> spark

"fagocitation" -> digestion/consumption/etc

@tommi also, although you seem like someone who doesn't have so much time for book suggestions, I think you would very much enjoy a lot of "Governable spaces" by Nathan Schneider, who is actually here in fedi.

He links the capitlization of the internet to the monopolization -> feudalism and argues that the implicitly feudalistic behaviors we've been learning there are significantly responsible for the global rise in authoritarianism...

@douginamug Daaamn, you got me… You’re right. Unfortunately I am reading very little recently… 😢

Nevertheless, some friends suggested me to read this book already, it is absolutely getting higher and higher in my reading list!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much, @douginamug!
I just fixed all the typos.