mastodon user: welcome to Mastadon!
pleroma user: I'm not on Mastodon but thanks!
mu: … whot
pu: I'm on Pleroma
mu: what's that
pu: another piece of software like Mastodon that's part of fedi
mu: what's fedi?
pu: short for the fediverse
mu: the fediwhatnow?
pu: uhh … the thing we're talking over
mu: but this is The Mastadon™ Network®
pu: … you're interacting with the fediverse through Mastodon while in I'm interacting with the fediverse though something called Pleroma
mu: you mean there are more options?
pu: yep
mu: and they interoperate?
pu: for the most part, yes
mu: why doesn't anyone make that clearer?
pu: we try to
mu: I mean why are the alternatives not mentioned on Mastodon's homepage? Open software projects usually list some alternative options somewhere on their website in case this one doesn't work well for you
pu: yes but branding and marketshare and money ​:nkothinksmart:​
mu: I thought Mastodon wasn't supposed to be like that ​​
pu: welcome to Mastadon ​​