you know, it doesn't matter if we use #pleroma or #gnusocial or #friendica or #mastodon etc. (are there more we can connect with?). the important thing is that we can communicate with each other. therefore we should rejoice over every additional server that springs into life, no matter what software it runs. whenever the media hypes something that is part of the #fediverse, it's good for all of us. but maybe we need a new name for the whole thing? I feel like "fediverse" doesn't cut it.

@mjray probably not, that is one of the issues. everyone is just looking into their own network, but there's really no big picture, for example #mastodon says "we have more than one million users" but the whole #fediverse is much larger