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I love it. Don't have to bend over and take it from the corpos and shareholders.
If we don't like how one host runs their server we can fuck off elsewhere or run a server ourselves.
@scottmeme Do you think the Fediverse could be the future for 'social media'?
Not the one you replied to, but I don't think so only because most people believe that it's not as simple as your standard social media, and, to some extent, they're right.
I don't know, I downloaded Boost for Lemmy the day it came out and setup was easier than it was for Reddit
I think the 3rd-party apps Reddit hated so much massively help cater to the preferences of users with varying levels of experience and dedication
@brown567 @pepsison52895 As brown mentioned, things like 3rd party apps really help with stream lining the process, I know I was confused about Instances but with things like Tumblr, Wordpress & Threads trying to get into the Fediverse it's a promising sign.
I explain instances more like login in with emails, you can still communicate with the other but can't log in on the other one unless you have another account.
Yes, for things that are focussed on the individual (microblogging Mastodon, photo sharing Pixelfed) or anonymous (threadiverse Lemmy/Kbin)
It will take much longer for things that are more about your direct community or for family members. That's not really a Fediverse thing, I don't think a new Facebook could take off easily either. It's really difficult to get grandma to learn something new, and in some countries Facebook IS the internet (because of shady dealings and anticompetitive practices)
@otter The hope would be more towards existing platforms adapting for the Fediverse at that rate, Tumblr already want's to move across to the Fediverse what helps some people join the fun but META's Threads is also a step into the Fediverse and if that does well maybe they will add Instagram and Facebook into the mix as well allowing Grandma to still see people's posts even if you don't want to be on Facebook itself.