I believe in Fediverse Supremacy!
You can still have your comment censored/removed.
I don't see how this is any different from Reddit
this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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Imagine the hacker news userbase getting drowned out by redditors and bots on a massive scale never seen before. Anybody coming back to the site will scoff at the idea of yet another board wasted by enshitification.
impractical, yes. But the point still stands.
For the average consumer it just isn't the same without being screwed by big companies.
I honestly don't think the fediverse will ever take off - and that's a good thing. If it was to get too mainstream, eventually it would need to be standardised and controllerd to accommodate the average person, which would defeat the point of the fediverse as a whole. Imagine if everyone started using Linux as their daily driver tomorrow; a lot would be fixed, but a lot of the original identity would be broken
Imagine if everyone started using Linux as their daily driver tomorrow; a lot would be fixed, but a lot of the original identity would be broken
That's like saying: "Imagine every country just got rid of monarchy became Republics"
I believe in viewing as much propaganda as possible, because it helps you better see and understand it. No country is acting in our self-interest as a species right now. It is interesting what different people are allowed to say/not say on different apps. (My goal for this year is to learn enough Turkish to get on the Turkish web and better understand the weird cult that doesn’t get along with Erdoğan - they run lots of charter schools in the US for some reason.)
The fediverse is nice, but is never going to be mainstream. It’s not designed to be addicting, because that isn’t its purpose. Maybe it is for the best to have these small holdouts where you can have something analogous to the early internet - where saying “suicide” or “kill” or talking about sensitive topics doesn’t mean your post will never be seen. These small spaces won’t be bought and destroyed.
The UX here needs to drastically improve for more people to see it as an viable alternative.
I use Sync for mobile app and Photon for a web interface. But I think most people are not okay with having to search for these options.
Exactly that yes, it took me a while to find Photon, and I'm someone that's passionate about tech and works in tech.
Your average new user is going to give up long before that and never use the site again.
It's also confusing to pick which instance to start with (users need to be guided more)
About the instance choice, I believe it's easier to get used to since people use e-mail and Mastodon is already quite popular.
I mean, the web UI looks clean enough for me. 🤷♂️
For you yes, I'm also okay with it. Bit it's not great as smooth and nice as what the vast majority of people are used to
Linux propaganda 😎👉
Seems like there's suddenly a lot of shills for other platforms here.
There are no bots on Lemmy, bleep bloop.
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