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originalucifer ,
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3 of the top 4 results for me are fediverse related when searching for "lemmy".

I don't think its the signing up, its the lack of centralization/community. reddit was a singularity, the community is protesting en-masse because they felt they were all part of the same thing.

to me, the fediverse is a segmented.. oddly connected group of overlapping communities. it lacks cohesion.

MonsieurHedge ,
@MonsieurHedge@kbin.social avatar

It's also a hell of a lot clunkier. For all the talk of federation, it can be a total pain in the ass to view content on a non-native instance. Edits not loading, boosts/upvotes not taking, some posts just not showing up at all...

Kichae ,

The Fediverse is just the world wide social web. It lacks cohesion just the same way that the regular web does.

That's going to limit its appeal for the people who see the internet as 3 cellphone apps. But that's also ok. It doesn't need to be for them.

naught0 ,

If kbin/lemmy/the fediverse are to be something the average reddit user wants to migrate to, then a lot of ground has to be covered still. There is no "reddit migration" possible or remotely likely without significant change, as much as I want the fediverse to succeed and as cool as I find it

Kichae ,

"If" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there, to be honest.

The average internet user has been ok with everything collapsing into a monolithic search engine and 4 giant social websites owned by 3 guys.

Maybe we accept complexity and expect a little more out of the people who end up here. People whole like what things have become can stay where they are.

retronautickz ,

The average user doesn't want to migrate here, though. The average user is either content to keep their Reddit account or thinking on migrating to another big centralised platform.

Open-source decentralised platforms like the fediverse and its projects aren't remotedly interesting for the average user.

delirium ,

I tried signing up on various instances of lemmy for 2 weeks prior to the shut down. it failed over and over, kbin was recommended if I didn't have any particular reason for choosing lemmy instead. I'm grateful. I hope we don't kill Ernest though.

Mars2k21 ,
@Mars2k21@kbin.social avatar

Agreed, and honestly this is why I don't think these federated platforms will ever truly get to a large scale. The amount of disconnection on a service that is meant for connecting people together. Unless its changed, the fediverse will be only for the group of people who are quite comfortable with technology (beyond just downloading an app and creating an account). The complexity needs to be hidden.

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