Ironic considering the pinned post on .world is the admins asking for donations and pretty much everyone is saying "no"
Muyal
joined 2 years ago
Oh boy, where do I even begin:
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Federation. People have no idea what it is, which means that they have to familiarize themselves with all these technical concepts just to create an account.
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Servers. Most mastodon servers are locked, and you have to petition the admins to let you in, which often implies waiting more than a day. In other sites, you can create an account in 5 seconds, so mastodon is at a disadvantage.
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Lack of an algorithm. This implies people won't see the content they like, which means they have to go and actively look for content. Most people don't want to spend time doing that, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes ans look at pretty pictures.
Make mastodon more accessible then.
Yes. People don't realize algorithms are one of the main reasons decentralized sited haven't taken off. Most people don't want to spend time looking for their content, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pretty art
Even then, how many people actually left their Twitter accounts?
I can't tell how many times I've seen people say "I'm leaving Twitter" only to come back after a month
That's the normal stance on Lemmy.
It was founded by communists, so you'd better get used to it
There are a lot of artists on pixelfed, but lack of an algorithm makes finding them very difficult
Lack of an algorithm makes finding new content much more difficult. And most people don't want to spend time actively looking for stuff, they just want to log in, laugh at funny memes and look at pieces of art.
Also go forbid you have any criticism towards Linux.
I mean, if Europe cannot guarantee the peace and stability of their allies or themselves, why should other countries trust them over China for example?
There's still a lot of beef with Europe in both Latin America and Africa. Even if you ignore colonialism, Europe's cold war era track record in those areas is... Not good to say the least.
What's the guarantee that Europe will actually bring peace and stability and not just install far-right dictators when it's convenient for them?
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Functionally there's no difference.
The person I replied argued that you are obligated to donate if you want to keep Lemmy free. Right now the Lemmy developers are asking for donations, and people are saying no.
The developers are openly communist, and if you want to use Lemmy you'll have to learn to live .ml, it's not going to change.