Anytime I mention it to people IRL they look uncomfortable before I explain it’s the federated universe of distributed social platforms.

That moment of 😬 is due to the name Fediverse sounding like ‘Fetiverse.’ These people aren’t sex obsessed. Most are tech professionals who were on Fark, SA, Digg…etc.

How do y’all navigate this homonymous quirk?

  • fu@libranet.de
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    10 days ago

    @noobface certainly not a problem I’ve dealt with in 12 years of being on #Fedi. May be your circle of friends. In that case I’d recommend just calling it “ActivityPub” which doesn’t really cover all of the 'verse, but its what most people mean when they say fediverse anyway.

  • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Most people have no idea about the fetish circles and the languaged used in relation to them. They recoil at “fediverse” not because of sex association, but because it’s a really lame sounding name.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    12 days ago

    If the first thing that came to mind for them was ‘Fetiverse’ then I think that’s on them.

    What are they doing on the internet?

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I’m so pissed right now. I thought I was joining the fetaverse but I can’t even find a single user talking about delicious crumbled cheese made from sheep’s milk