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Fediverse migrants are a self-selecting group (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jaydev@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@kbin.social

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Point being, all of us that are here are the ones cool enough to come here. We are unified by the desire for a better social media that is not-for-profit and user driven. And that makes this community unique compared to the scabs advocating for Reddit. The people who will belong here will come here. :)

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[–] Rottcodd@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Additionally, that's why I like the fact that the fediverse is sort of technically complex and not particularly user-friendly, and if I had my way about it, it would stay that way.

Bluntly, technical complexity serves as a barrier-to-entry for lazy and stupid people, and that's a good thing.

I'm old enough to remember when the internet as a whole was like that - when you had to have some technical knowledge and determination just to get online at all. And I remember how much and how quickly things went downhill when that was no longer the case.

[–] md5crypto@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I agree. The early days of the Internet were technically complex enough to prevent mass usage. F.e., Usenet.