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My reason for Gmail was pretty simple: it was free and free from the constraints of a work email account, and reasonably trustworthy. People aren't annoyed by
by derbOac 4y ago
My reason for Gmail was pretty simple: it was free and free from the constraints of a work email account, and reasonably trustworthy.
People aren't annoyed by federation. They just want something reliable, trustworthy, that connects them to content and people, and costs as little as possible.
Twitter gained ascendance for the same reason: it gave everyone a free personal RSS feed.
The formula is simple: make it possible to have your own personal X for free (where X is some widely used but technically challenging or costly tool) and it will take off.
- oneeyedpigeon 4y ago> People aren't annoyed by federation. I would go even further: people don't want to think about federation, for the most part. It doesn't matter whether I use Gmail, my company work email, or my own local email server; if I send an email to somebody, they'll receive it, regardless of what they're using. All I need is their email address. A federated microblog needs to be just as accessible, imo — if I have to adapt my behaviour based on whether somebody is on the same server as me, that's a problem.