Comment on The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.

• eta@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You and I know this but people at first glance generally do not. Then you try to explain to them how Federation works and their eyes gloss over

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    • eta@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And what I’m trying to say is that the big dogs don’t have quirks. They are intuitive to the point where 98% of people can figure them out in seconds the moment they look at them. They have spent billions of dollars over decades learning how to create as little friction as possible to get new users onto their platforms.

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  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Depending on the instance, you might have to put a little more work into it. Not that I’m saying that’s a problem - in my eyes that’s a feature.

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• 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  To be fair it is easy, if it allowed you to comment and didnt delete them lol

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• 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m down to have a serious conversation but please don’t be patronizing with that “bud” crap

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    • 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I don’t want to have any kind of conversation with you just here to speak my mind and make you reas it

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Ok Mr “speak my mind,” again your comment makes no sense. You can’t get karma without commenting and posting, both of which you can do day 1

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