I found it pretty easy by explaining that if reddit is a website, then Lemmy is a search engine that just has the same feel as reddit.
It isn’t accurate, but gets the point across to those who don’t understand tech.
Comment on How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person?
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 days agoFirst thing asked “Decentralized?”
And it’s one of those things where those who care already know, and those that don’t care won’t : “get it” by you explaining it.
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 3 days ago
khannie@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Like email” is a quick way to explain that.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Oh, I’m good. I don’t need another email. I don’t even use the one I have”.
Is how that explaination would go.
nope@jlai.lu 2 days ago
Nah, probably more “like an email : doesn’t matter if you’re @gmail or @outlook, multiple servers can communicate together”
Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It really isn’t, I had no idea what people were on about when they said that and it sidetracked me from figuring actually understanding. The analogy makes sense and seems apt, when you already understand the concept but not when you don’t.