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Useless, it'll never take off. Normies don't want to have to pick an instance to get started. They'll just go to reddit or Bluesky. Then there's the tankie problem. Hexbear and ml are going to scare away those who can figure out how to pick an instance and register.
Oh and since everything is duplicated on hundreds of servers, it's wasteful of resources to. Worried about SSD prices going up? Well the fediverse ain't gonna help either.
There's only like 5 people who post things and the mods can be just as bad as reddit mods. Post something and get banned from 25 communities.
Need me to keep going?
I suspect Reddit would be about the same without all the repost bots.
Probably. Used to be a lot more organic content. In all honesty, the fediverse is a bit better than modern reddit in that regard.
Actually I've discovered at least 3 people who post their own comics here. So that's pretty cool. Custardfist, bad and noerdman. Never would've discovered them otherwise.
It's the same problem with Linux.
Most people don't even know what a distro is.
And once you explain that to them, you have to go on to explain how some distros are actually just clones of others, so you always need to be aware of which distro yours is "under the hood." And once you've explained that, you need to go on to explain that each distro has several different options for front-ends. And that's usually where I lose most people.
I'm tempted to just start giving people a Linux Mint USB just telling them that's the only Linux that exists, but I think that'd only create more problems.
Don't even get me started on explaining how to install and update software.
There's a massive disconnect between what a highly technical user is willing to put up with, and what a typical user is willing to put up with.
Windows and Mac offer an experience where you take it out of the box, plug it in, and go. And until Linux can do that, it will have a single digit market share and be used by nerds.
Master class!
Well, at least no one owns and controls Lemmy unlike Reddit 🥹
Still better than reddit