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[–] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: This tiny little hurdle keeps out the lazy and ignorant.

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's how I feel right now. I don't need the Fediverse to replace reddit and Twitter, I want it to be a refuge from the commercialized crap! The people who can't be bothered to figure out Lemmy or Mastodon can stay right where they are!

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. Why would I want anyone else in my community when I can just talk to myself! !league@lemmy.ml

[–] dfc09@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think these communities are plenty big already! I spent a while on tildes before coming here so in used to, and enjoy, smaller communites.

[–] boopdepop@lemmy.fmhy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Exactly, lemmy feels like my kind of people. Going against proprietary stuff, against privacy nightmares. It's the fact that I can relate to people here that makes it such a good replacement for commercial alternatives.

But people using those platforms is not good for our society. Of course if they cared about freedom a little bit of extra difficulty wouldn't really bother them. But the goal should be to make the switch as easy as possible.