CyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialCyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square134linkfedilinkfile-text
The linked post shows how most non-tech people’s understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoIt’s also not even close to how email works and plenty of people use email apps that aren’t tied to a provider.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThe app I’m using today has nothing to do with the instance I use. Just like email… clients just speak a protocol, and use a particular manner of presentation.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThat’s literally my point. Most people know that email isn’t tied to a provider app.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoWoosh! Your point went right over my head there! Hahaha, my bad
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoApparently I phrased it badly because every vote on it is down lol. So it’s probably my bad.
It’s also not even close to how email works and plenty of people use email apps that aren’t tied to a provider.
The app I’m using today has nothing to do with the instance I use.
Just like email… clients just speak a protocol, and use a particular manner of presentation.
That’s literally my point.
Most people know that email isn’t tied to a provider app.
Woosh! Your point went right over my head there! Hahaha, my bad
Apparently I phrased it badly because every vote on it is down lol.
So it’s probably my bad.