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I usually explain it simply:
"Do you use email?" "Yeh" "It works similar doesn't matter which provider you choose Proton, G-mail, Yahoo and your mail can go to all of the others."
I tell people it's like signing up for a newsletter with your email, except the newsletter is also your social media feed.
Right and that explains it well. But it doesn't exactly get people excited or make them understand what it FEELS like to be part of a federated social network.
It's weird that you think people should be excited. This is just a forum for discussion, there's really nothing exciting about it.
If there's too much excitement and drama, something has gone wrong.
I tended to just send people links to communities they might like them follow up with an explanation of what Lemmy is, if asked. Bit boring I know.