PeriodicallyPedantic

Sorry you're not able to follow your own statements to their natural conclusions 👎

There are lots of reasons to want alternatives to social media mega-corps, and the people with those reasons have varied likes and hobbies.
Even amongst the people who care about privacy, decentralization, etc, people still have varied interests. All you have to do is look at the popularity of Tiktok content about privacy, security, programming, etc.

Dude is a basement dweller, and just assumed that was the norm for everyone who shared an interest with him.

I have my own thoughts about hurdles that loops will face, but "fediverse is for snobs" isn't it.

I have nearly zero respect for the intellectual capacity of someone who thinks that female gender roles are perpetuated mainly by women, and especially little respect for people who think they're above social conditioning and that it should be a simple matter for others to shrug it off. It shows a shocking lack of self awareness.
I don't think there is value in continuing this discussion with you.

Where?

Lamest flex in history

Because the constraints make it interesting
I want the length limits.

Yeah, the fediverse would be much better place without narcissistic gatekeeps like you here to bring the mood down all the time.

What an absolute neckbeard take

I'm interested, and I hope it's successful.

I'm not sure how they're going to attract creators, when Tiktok already has the same features, has a larger audience, and pays... But I hope they can because I'd love to dump Tiktok for something open source.

I wonder how their FYP will work, because honestly that's a huge part of what makes Tiktok good.

If by "loses all meaning" you mean "loses significance" then there is some truth to that, but I leave it up to the general opinion of the people who are put at risk by that loss of significance to decide when it becomes a problem.

Realistically I think that it was probably meant as a half joke, as in its funny in how unserious it is, but also a real criticism in how pervasive this kind of toxic behavior is.
I think that the reply, that men aren't involved in it, is taking an willfully ignorant stance.

Incoming James While John

But they're related. They're different facets of the same thing: the roles and expectations that society forces people into.

Setting aside what you do and don't think is impactful, the point is that these are expectations that society puts on people, and where these expectations come from is complex. Have you ever heard of the Five Whys? It can be a helpful way to look at these problems; it can't capture the complexity but it illustrates that the causes run deep.

For example, there are some pretty easily accessible YouTube videos (podcasts?) on the history of the women's fashion and cosmetics industries, and how they pivoted their marketing to great effect to sell products to women by pressing these kinds of expectations into society, and those marketing teams contain a lot of men. This doesn't explain all of history, but it's an example of what I'm talking about.

And always remember; hurt people hurt people.