What if federation is described as posts, comments and votes syncing between servers? This could make more sense to some people, and make it easier to explain some federation quirks ("this server stopped this other server from syncing with it", "Votes differ slightly between instances because they are still syncing")

What do you think?

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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here a take

Baby Boomers: It's like making phone calls directly to friends without going through a central operator.
Generation X: Think of it as a collection of independent websites where you can share and connect, like a bunch of forums that can talk to each other.
Millennials: Imagine a mix of social media platforms where you can post and interact freely, like having your own space on different apps that all connect.
Generation Z: It's like a giant chatroom where you can use different apps, but everyone can still see and talk to each other, no matter which one you’re on!

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That works suprisingly well.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks. I tried to make it non technical at all.