Hashtags is like search without the noise. (Unless of course someone is abusing it.)

Groups are similar to hashtags but without the restriction on what content is allowed as long as it is within the agreed scope. Groups usually have moderation features as well. And it can also be set to private (if supported).

Even if a group is public, if the feature was well-made, replies to a post posted in a group are usually seen by griup members only. Or, if the thread itself is opened.

Compare that to hashtags, replies will always appear for everyone.

In a way it can be seen as a “bot” since how it works is like what feed bots are doing.

Regardless, groups are by nature “boosters” even in silo SNS. Example, FB groups pushes group content to people’s personal timeline/feed.

It’s similar to how mailinglists work. You send an email to the group’s mailinglist address and then it gets boosted/sent to everyone subscribed to that mailinglist group/address.

So, yeah, technically “bots” since its automated forwarding.

Hmm… I like the -ville suggestion. #Threadiville perhaps?

• The #Fediverse is the “universe”.
  • The -ville is the “local group”.
    • The various software are the “galaxies”.
      • The instances are the “planets”.

So:

• Fediverse
  • Threadiville local group
    • Mbin galaxy
      • Fedia IO planet
    • Kbin galaxy
      • Kbin social planet
    • Nodebb galaxy
    • Lemmy galaxy
      • Lemmy World planet
  • Microville local group
    • Mastoforks galaxy
    • Pleroma galaxy
  • Writingville local group
    • Plume galaxy
    • WriteFreeny galaxy
    • Ghost galaxy
  • Faceville local group
    • Friendica galaxy
    • -key forks galaxy
  • CMSville local group
    • Hubzilla galaxy
    • Drupal galaxy
    • Wordpress galaxy

😁

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When the first Reddit migration happened, the migrants called it #Threadiverse and has always been that way. Although some tried to change it (Threads was not around yet, or public, IIRC), it didn’t work, the migrants prefer Threadiverse so it stuck.

Changing names in the Fediverse is not easy since it has grown humongous already. Back in 2008 it was simply called #Identiverse. Then a few years later it morphed into the #Fediverse (this was before ActivityPub, yes, the Fediverse is years older than ActivityPub).

Back in 2021/2022, we tried to change the name “Fediverse” because Twitter migrants and the Press/Media were whining too much about it. Even though we reached a consensus, the we were far too small compared to the number of new people.

The people who kept on complaining about the name “Fediverse”, when they were asked to participate in the disucssion and polls, they did not. When they were presented with the new name, they either ignored us or started whining again. 🤷🏽

Anyway, if there’s a huge population involved, it’s not going to be easy.

Now, I’m not discouraging you, rather, I shared our experience in the hopes that you’ll find a better way. Because personally, I’m not so fond of “Threadiverse”, haha.

If you use, for example, the lemmyBB interface, it’s no longer “threadi”, it’s a forum. 😝 (I know, lame reason.)

Oh! One thing that came out of trying to rename the Fediverse, people don’t want “-verse” anywhere because it’s overused. Multiverse. Metaverse. Fediverse. Threadiverse. Benverse. Omniverse. Panverse. Whoverse. Trekverse.