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Having "one server that everyone is on" is precisely what we don't need. Twitter sucks because it's a single room dominated by a bunch of shouting jagoffs, and
by kibwen 4y ago
Having "one server that everyone is on" is precisely what we don't need. Twitter sucks because it's a single room dominated by a bunch of shouting jagoffs, and "that, but federated" isn't any better. Mastodon is nicer because your home instance is small and intimate.
- jeremyjh 4y agoWell, what IS needed is a straightforward registration process you can point EVERYONE to, and they just go do it in two minutes and get on with their lives without spending 30 minutes learning about instances and fediverses and activitypubs.
- kibwen 4y agoYou find what instance your friends are on and sign up there, same as any website? I did it last week and it was trivial.
- bergenty 4y agoMaybe that’s what we need but it’s definitely not what people want and it will never succeed in its current form. The whole motivation for a lot of people is to get their voice out to as many people as possible, not to indulge their interests in specific niches.