See, this is why I was saying that the fediverse needs a centralized hub of organization. It would be like a wiki meets the white pages. Although I’m unclear if that concept is so outdated that it doesn’t track anymore.
But basically you think “hey, I wonder if there a such-n-such in the fediverse…”
So you go to thefediverse.com, and in addition to being an explaination of what the fediverse is, and does, it also serves as a wiki based directory for all services within the fediverse. With the appropriate links.
Now, me personally, I have no idea what podchaser is. I assume a podcast service of some sort. But if we had this gateway site, you’d just go there, and find (hypothetical example) fedipodchaser. Or whatever the real one would be called.
And in it’s wiki would say “Fedipodchaser is a podcast service similiar to podchaser”. And because it’s wiki says podchaser in the descriptiom, it allows you to easily find it in a search. So without having to ask anybody if it exists, you find out in one step.
So to answer your innitial question…I don’t know.
…welp.
You know that feeling when you feel like the smartest person for coming up with a great idea, and you feel like it’s SOOOOO obvious that you’re like "How is this not a thing???
And then it’s been a thing for years.
Yeah, totally don’t know anything about that. If anybody needs me, I’ll just be over here wallowing in my own mediocrity.