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You have to remember that the vast majority of people are, for lack of a better word, pretty dumb. You say the word “fediverse” and their eyes cross.
I mean yeah, that's me. I'm just a regular guy, but since reddit decided to screw up in the worst ways possible, I need an alternative. I don't fully understand the fediverse but I'm going to make an attempt to use kbin and see how it goes.
That's just because they haven't been taught about it yet. Once it catches on more (Twitter and Reddit refugees, Meta app) it'll become more widely understood and more people will start using it. Once you understand the point of the Fediverse, using it isn't a whole lot harder than any other social media.
I don't know you overestimate people, I think if the Fediverse will succeed its gotta be dumbed down a lot more for people and made seemless so it works without them having to think about the various instances as much.
They don't really HAVE to think about the various instances imo. They just need to join one, that's it. Following users/communities from other instances isn't hard to wrap your head around, you just follow them. badda-bing badda-boom. The @instance.whatever bit of their username barely matters. You just say "that's like a URL to find that user on a different instance than the one you chose". People arent as stupid as you might think, they just need someone patient enough to explain.
The truth is if you have to explain to users how it works, its not a very user-friendly concept.
that's putting it lightly. But remember Twitter wasn't mainstream for a while. And tbh it still isn't.
I mean, tweets are pretty regularly cited on the news. Not sure how much more mainstream Twitter could become.