How do you introduce the Fediverse to other people? - Lemmy.World

Guys, when you talk about the Fediverse to friends, family, or colleagues, how do you explain it? Do you call it a “decentralized social network,” an “alternative to big tech,” or “a collection of open-source networks”? And how do you convince someone to create an account on Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc., without them getting scared by technical terms like instance, federated, or peer-to-peer? I’m asking because my so-called friends don’t believe me and even call me crazy when I talk about this “nonsense.” The future is open source, decentralized, and federated!