For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few massive corporations. Every post, every “friend,” every creative work—
  • AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.spaceEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The problem isn’t that the fediverse isn’t viable. The problem isn’t that it’s “too complicated.” The problem is that the giants of Silicon Valley have spent 20 years convincing us that anything outside their control isn’t worth our time.

    And that’s just not bloody true.

    Couldn’t have said it better myself

      • eta@feddit.orgEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I remember joining reddit when it had the old interface and thinking that it is super unintuitive and complicated compared to all other social media. This didn’t stop reddit from growing and i don’t think lemmy will be restricted by this in the long run. People generally are just not aware of the fediverse and how it works yet but they will get used to it.

          • r.EndTimes@lemm.eeEnglish
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            4 months ago

            No you cant, karma requirements bud, try making a new account and posting/commenting anywhere?

          • eta@feddit.orgEnglish
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            4 months ago

            The only additional step you have on lemmy is choosing an instance and honestly it does not even matter that much which you choose. I’m not saying it’s trivial but it is nothing that is inherently more difficult.

            Reddit was really strange compared to everything else a few years ago. It only appears easy now because we are familiar with the concept of subreddits now.

              • eta@feddit.orgEnglish
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                4 months ago

                What I’m trying to say is that every social network has it’s quirks that you just need to learn. The willingness to learn also depends on how attractive the platform is. With time i see no reason for lemmy to not grow like reddit did.

                If you just google “Lemmy” one of the first results is https://join-lemmy.org/ where you are directed to an instance that suits you. Far from perfect but Lemmy is still young.

                People probably don’t even really need to understand federation. They just need sane defaults to get started and work from there.

    • witnessbolt@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Refugee here. Think I’d agree. A subconscious bias / misunderstanding we bought into

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Exactly! That’s how people usually argue against the Fediverse. People have literally been indoctrinated into believing the internet is centralised.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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        4 months ago

        Our biggest enemy is actually the bootlicker.

        Once that guy flips the regime will have hard time maintaining legitimacy

        Americans don’t understand the politics of proper opposition and dissent

        Voting for the other guy ain’t it… And it is a lot more than “politics” it is a life style.

        Deny the parasite profit and engagement

        • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Our biggest enemy is actually the bootlicker

          I got a small dose of this at work. My coworker has a safety incident, almost fucked up her hand. She got made the safety champion the next day, and was concerned about the optics.

          My lead told her “don’t worry what they think of you” but brother you are a leader. Public perception is your strongest tool. You absolutely should be worried what we think of you