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Reddit Ramps Up Its Threats To Protesting Mods, As Ad Buyers Leave (www.techdirt.com)
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The landed gentry are only in charge until the king comes to town and chops off a few heads. At least that seems to be the case at Reddit, where CEO Steve Huffman pretended his complaints about current moderators — who were protesting his decision to effectively cut off API access to tons of useful…

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[–] BlueCollarRockstar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree that the extra step of having to choose an instance is a hurdle that will turn some people away. In my own experience with it I had to apply to the first one I tried to join (never got a reply), had a timeout on the second one, and didn't successfully create an account until my third attempt. That's more effort than some would be willing to put forth.

However I really don't think the confusing nature of the Fediverse is that big of a deal. I don't think I understand it at all, and it doesn't seem like I need to for now. Download Jerboa, make account, switch feed from 'Local' to 'All', and oh look it's basically my RIF experience again.

Over and over on Reddit I saw people say "Lemmy will never take off because it's too confusing for average users," but I just don't think that's the case.

Also hey it's also my first comment ever

[–] Feweroptions@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah this shit is easy. I made an account and also use jerboa. No problem.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instance checks out.