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Fediverse sounds gross (lemmy.world)
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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?

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[-] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I tried really hard to understand this. It isn't working.

I put in my share of the work. I think it just does not make sense.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

They are saying that when they speak the word FeDiverse people hear FeTiverse as in a universe for fetishes.

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