@smallcircles Just re-thinking this a moment... What if it can be seen as individuals that define their own communities (which may / may not overlap).

@smallcircles Well, there are a couple of potential negative connotations to the word user.  First, "user" was frequently used in the 90's for the customers that purchased some software products.

Then there is also the connotation of "drug" users.

Maybe the Fediverse is better thought of as groups of participants in communities that may or may not overlap.

@smallcircles Exactly, it's kind of like each person has their own topography of what the Fediverse looks like based on who they are interacting with, and the nodes of interests where they intersect.

@smallcircles I experience it as a web of interconnections that span the globe, and across my many intersecting and diverting interests.