The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.
The way I did it was by using it a lot. If you see someone post something you find interesting, follow that person, interact with their posts, and if you see a post one of your friends will find interesting, send it to them. Another great thing about most (all?) Fediverse apps is that you don’t need an account to view a post. I still have friends who send me Twitter links and I have to let them know that I can’t view it because I don’t have the app or an account, but I still send them Mastodon, Lemmy, Loops and Pixelfed links. I’m not pressuring people into joining, but I’m showing them how I’m using it and let them make their own decision.
The way I did it was by using it a lot. If you see someone post something you find interesting, follow that person, interact with their posts, and if you see a post one of your friends will find interesting, send it to them. Another great thing about most (all?) Fediverse apps is that you don’t need an account to view a post. I still have friends who send me Twitter links and I have to let them know that I can’t view it because I don’t have the app or an account, but I still send them Mastodon, Lemmy, Loops and Pixelfed links. I’m not pressuring people into joining, but I’m showing them how I’m using it and let them make their own decision.