• chraqs@lemmy.one
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    I think Reddit will have a somewhat significant loss in users but it’ll endure, at least for the time being. Social media sites die slower now. But I’m happy I found alternatives because I just can’t see myself using their official app

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      Absolutely agree with this. Twitter is still going strong, in part because the fediverse is “too hard.” Reddit isn’t going anywhere.

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        in part because the fediverse is “too hard.”

        I think this is probably a good thing, it might keep dumb people away.

        As an aside, it’s starting to irritate me how often I see people complain the fediverse/threadiverse is too complex or too difficult to understand. I mean, you managed to understand that email accounts live on different servers, but you can’t apply that same mental logic to forums living on different servers?

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          I am fairly tech savvy. It took me some time to understand the fediverse and how it works. The thing is, you need to read stuff to understand. That is well above the capabilities of like 80% of people. Oh, and you won’t believe how many people I have met that have no idea what a server is or how email works. Trust me, the bar for entry is pretty high for the average joe. It’s a good filter though.

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            Having spent the last couple of decades in tech support I’d say you’re being very generous with the estimate of ~20% of people being willing and able to read so they can understand something…

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              Yeah. I was a lot more cynical before now. Half a year ago I would have said like 5%. And thank you for your service o7.

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            Completely agree. Fediverse is cool in theory, but I don’t know if I’m fully convinced it’s a workable replacement as a content aggregator that we’ve come to expect in this day and age. Hell, you already have instances like lemmy.ml banning people for posting news stories that show China or Russia in a negative light. And lemmy.ml is one of the default instances advertised when you look into Lemmy! That’s a terrible first impression for new users and I think it’s going to turn a lot of people away if censorship is a common occurence on bigger instances.

            Also, the Lemmy app on Android is not very good. I can’t even upvoted any comments or posts because it constantly times out.

            That all being said, I’m cautiously optimistic that devs will be able to improve the platform over time. Like I said, the Fediverse is cool in theory and I like the concept, but it does have some major drawbacks for content consumers, as you pointed out.

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      agree- reddit is a fucking big house that won’t burn down to the ground in a day. we’re should take comfort though in the fact that spez keri’s throwing fuel in the fire hastening it’s demise.