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?
The “very random, as u can see” girl who posted on the “random” board of 4chan https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/katy-t3h-pengu1n-of-d00m is now in her early 30s.