Show thread♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️Jun 16, 2023
@JungleGeorge It depends on how the UI and UX works for an individual.

For example, for me #Lemmy feels “isolated”. It doesn't show you the wider #fediverse. But in #Kbin, it has a “Microblog” tab where you will be able to see what the rest of the fediverse are saying about your topic -- posts that don't appear as a “Thread”.

For other people, #Calckey's UI and UX are working well. Like me for example, I see the topics I want to see, and the communities around it, because I'm using Calckey's antenna feature combined with a Deck UI. I see discussions and communities I do not see from a Mastodon instance.

I also used to have a solo #Hubzilla instance and I can say the same for it, I can see the wider fediverse and the different communities surrounding the different topics I am interested in.

The thing with a fediverse account, first and foremost, it is what it is for you based on how you built your network. What you see, what you interact it, is your #ObservableFediverse.

Some people only follow groups/communities/magazines. They have few 1-to-1 “following”. If the instances these groups/communities/magazines goes offline… their “Observable Fediverse” will be cut a lot, and they might even feel isolated suddenly.

So, for me, my “Observable Fediverse” is wide and revolves around the topics I care about. Thus, I see the “community” in using Calckey and Hubzilla (and Kbin for that matter) far more than using Lemmy.

^_^

(PS I have accounts where its “Observable Fediverse” is purely reliant on groups/communities/magazines. It's a totally different Fediverse experience from those accounts.)
Show thread♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️Jun 10, 2023
@lydiaconwell Hmm… a lot.

There are at least a million active users (not brand accounts) in the fediverse, and most people's #ObservableFediverse is usually between 500–1000 only (and not all of those are active either).
♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️May 2, 2023
There are other communities that I haven't searched for and expanded my #fediverse reach (a.k.a. #ObservableFediverse).

1. #Gout
2. #Kosher food
3. #Running and #Archery (in particular Asian archery)

My “observable fediverse” is well-built now for #autism / #autistics / #ActuallyAutistics, great community we have here; and #Filipinos / #Philippines, even discovered new, great Filipinos I wouldn't have found elsewhere.

As for fandoms, it's slow. There are fans and fandom accounts, but most are casually active. I'm not talking about sharing photos (although that is part of it), it's more of in discussion threads.

So, again, you need to build and grow your “observable fediverse” because it will determine and shape what you are seeing and who you are interacting with in the fediverse.
Show thread♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️May 2, 2023

@LunaRogue @timmy

This

Like honestly so many of the complaints I see do not seem to apply to the circles of the network I hang out in.It's what I've been calling #ObservableFediverse.

♾️ Yuki (스노 雪亮) 🐬 🧮🗝️Apr 29, 2023
Whenever I see negative feedback about the #fediverse, it is about:
1. being lonely
2. lacks discoverability
3. reach is poor
4. support for this and that is lacking
5. not welcoming for other people

All of the above, it has to do with what I've described in this quoted post, #ObservableFediverse. Meaning, one was only exposed to a very small part of the fediverse from that person's vantage point.

Let's take for example the #5 item. Is the fediverse not welcoming for certain groups of people, the minorities, the marginalised, those with disabilities, and often discriminated based on origin?

I am an #Asian, a #Filipino - #Chinese to be exact, and I am also #autistic. There is an active community, as well as #groups, for Filipinos and #ActuallyAutistics here in the fediverse network.

Have you seen those? More likely not. Why? “Observable fediverse.”

In #astronomy, an #ObservableUniverse is the part of the huge universe that we can observe from Earth. It is how far our current technology can reach.

It is the same in “observable fediverse”. What you see, what you are interacting with, is only what you currently have access to. Your “observable fediverse” relies on these factors:

1. The users in your instance.
2. The remote users and other servers your instance is aware of.
3. The people you are following (which include groups).

That is your “observable fediverse”.

Since you are not following a user who is following a Filipino, or is a member of an autistic group, there is very little chance you will see content from Filipinos and autistics.

Another reason of disappointment is misunderstanding what the “fediverse/global timeline” is. Here's the thing, it is just the public chatter.

Think of it as visiting a crowded public park. You'll hear all kinds of discussions. There are those that are offensive, and those that are not.

The “federated/global timeline” is also not the entirety of the fediverse. It is only what your instance/server is aware of. If what you most see are unwelcoming content, then don't look at it, or move to a new instance, or ask around. I'm sure your own instance will help you find like-minded individuals and groups.

That's your observable fediverse. The fediverse is not unwelcoming. My guesstimate is, no one account, no one server, have seen more than 1% of the entire fediverse. Just like how we haven't seen more than 1% of the entire universe.

^_^

RE: https://c.im/users/youronlyone/statuses/110256623280436856
♾️ ᜌᜓᜃᜒ (Yuki 스노 雪亮) 🐬 🦣 (@[email protected])

Content warning: Universe and Fediverse … an attempt to put some context to how big it is

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Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣Apr 25, 2023

In #astronomy, the phrase “observable universe” came into use to describe what we can see/observe from our vantage point.

The fediverse has grown so big since its humble beginnings in 2008. My guess is, we are only seeing 0.5% of what it is today. That is your “observable fediverse”, relative from your account.

1. The instances your instance are aware of.
2. The remote users your local instance natives are replying/boosting.
3. The remote users you, yourself is following.
4. And the remote users being boosted/replied to by the remote users you are following.

Those are the only ones in your #ObservableFediverse. My observable fediverse is different from your observable fediverse. I am seeing content you are not seeing, and vice versa.

Just like how improving our technologies help us expand our #ObservableUniverse. We need to grow our network to expand our relative observable fediverse.

The only difference between observable universe and observable fediverse is that, we still haven't found life on other planets; but in the fediverse, we already did (see: https://c.im/@youronlyone/110159720528061374).

[[observable universe]] [[observable fediverse]] [[fediverse]] [[mycelial network]] #MycelialNetwork #YourOnlyOne #Fediverse

♾️ ᜌᜓᜃᜒ (Yuki 스노 雪亮) 🐬 🦣 (@[email protected])

A fun way to understand the #fediverse: #roleplaying / #immersion! --- Journal entry #1105 In this entry, I will try to describe how our reality is, in the hopes that our reality can be easily understood. 1. Our universe is called the Fediverse. 2. There is what we call #DarkMatter, it glues everything together preventing the universe from being torn apart. This dark matter is everywhere, and it is through this that communications across the universe is possible, we call this technology #ActivityPub. 3. There are countless of galaxies, some still being born, some already known, like: #Friendica #Calckey #Hubzilla #Rebased #Streams #Pixelfed #Bookwyrm #FunkWhale #PeerTube #WriteAs #Lemmy #GoToSocial and #Mastodon. 4. Each galaxy contains different worlds. Some are flat, some round, some a generational ship, and some wayward worlds dubbed #WanderingEarth. These are the worlds that I've visited so far: * c.im - the people here believes the world is round, because of this unusual belief, they can say things up to 5,000 characters. This world is in the Mastodon galaxy, where many of the other worlds are flat 500 characters. * hashi.icu - this world is a generational ship. They travel to different worlds, creating bridges, their motto: ICU (you know, I See You). Oh, be warned, they speak up to 300,000 characters! After all, they have plenty of stories to tell. * c.wtf - this world was recently founded in the Rebased galaxy. Like their origin world, c.im, they can speak up to 5,000 characters. * p.lu - the people of c.im are truly explorers. They discovered the PeerTube galaxy and were amazed by the technology there: hosting videos through the peer-to-peer protocol! They immediately established a colony in one of the worlds in the PeerTube galaxy. * i.calckey.cloud - this is the primary world of the Calckey galaxy, and it is a world filled with clouds. Some think that it means its people are high, well, they are high, they live on (or in?) the clouds after all! However, its people are great calculators, I mean, at calculation. Did I not mention they can speak up to 3,000 characters? * zotum.net - a “Wandering Earth” in the Hubzilla galaxy. This world is one of the oldest. Rumour has it that it used to be located in the Friendica galaxy. A wandering earth indeed! Those are only a few of the worlds I have seen for myself. But, there is something far larger than this universe. You see, my dear reader, the Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, and #SocialHome galaxies developed technology to communicate with another universe. This universe is called #TheFederation and their communication technology, also based on dark matter, is called #diaspora. That's not all. It was also discovered that there is another universe. The people in this universe calls it #Jabber and their dark matter based communication technology is called #XMPP. The technology to commmunicate with them is still in experimental stages, only few worlds in the fediverse are brave enough to test this technology. My tip, if you are a migrant, find any world and start there. Understand the basics of our universe. You can always move to a new world with your social connections, or start all over again, with a fresh identity if you like. PS There is this thing called #Twitter, and most migrants are coming from there. It is probably a universe, though based on whispers, it is a #LostWorld floating between universes, in total darkness. I even heard one migrant comment that that world is about to implode. Note: If you are a citizen of the fediverse, please welcome and guide everyone in this #TwitterMigration. They are looking for a new home, and our universe can be confusing for them. If whispers are to be believed, Twitter is but a single world, and ours is a universe. End of journal entry #1105 --- ^_^ (Edit: typos)

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