The Fediverse is Mastodon, Pleroma, Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla, Osada, and all their friends, *federating*. 👍
But what do we call all the silos, the ad-based family of Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and friends? How about *Adverse?* It’s true: a universe founded on ad serving. And a reminder that they offer plenty of adversity. 👎
The meme wars are on! 😃
The Adverse is a big and welcoming family. All it’s member silos stand alone, like rocks, like islands, like Alcatraz. Surely they will happily welcome Discord and Slack into their dysfunctional community.
And what about Orkut, Google Wave, Google+ and other networks that have come and gone – are they the Necroverse?
@Beurt has suggested two hashtags: #NameThem #AdVerse
What’s up with the “-verse” suffix? Looking at the universe entry on the Etymology Online Dictionary, you’ll see it comes from *versus*, the past participle of *vertere*: “to turn, turn back, be turned; convert, transform, translate; be changed”
The adverse turns everything into ads, even users.
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2022 edition:
The Fediverse is Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed, BookWyrm, Friendica, Hubzilla, and all their friends, federating. 👍
But what do we call all the silos, the ad-based family of Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and friends? It’s the Adverse! A universe founded on ad serving. And a reminder that they offer plenty of adversity. All the adverse silos stand alone, like rocks, like islands, like Alcatraz. 👎
And what about Orkut, Google Wave, Google+ and other networks that have come and gone? This is the Necroverse.
Sometimes networks that seem alive today slide into the Necroverse. Let’s hope we keep our network alive. Here’s to many happy years in the fediverse! 😁🥳
And if you want a nice diagram of all the Fediverse players, @axbom has this nice post: The many branches of the Fediverse.
The many branches of the Fediverse
– Alex 2022-11-06 08:11 UTC