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   Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 02:46:23 JST Alex Gleason
   Everyone I've talked to says that "Fediverse" is a terrible name. So tell me what it should be called instead.
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     MischievousTomato (mischievoustomato@beefyboys.win)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:35:59 JST MischievousTomato

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     opal hart (opal@ap.maladaptive.art)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:36:12 JST opal hart

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     @alex shitter, that way its familiar for people to pronounce, and it describes the quality of activitypub. i think its perfect
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     Thigh High Socks (thighhighsock@rdrama.cc)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:37:14 JST Thigh High Socks

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     Thigh High Socks (thighhighsock@rdrama.cc)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:37:14 JST Thigh High Socks

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     @alex
     
     In all seriousness, it's a hard question to answer, we're not referring to any tangible object/service or even any specific software, but protocols that computers use to interact with each other.
     
     "The web" is a way in which this goal was accomplished before, perhaps shortening it to "The Fedi," (or perhaps just "fedi") even in more formal writing would work better than "The Fediverse."
     
     In terms of a new idea, a generic English word that might work as a name would be "Junction," which I think represents the idea of interconnection fairly well.
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     Josh Adams (josh@social.rebased.network)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:38:02 JST Josh Adams

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     Sioctan (sioctan@freespeech.group)'s status on Thursday, 06-Oct-2022 03:51:19 JST Sioctan

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