Aside from the technical problems, like discoverability and others, the problem from my POV is that most federated instances are run by infantile people who wou

Aside from the technical problems, like discoverability and others, the problem from my POV is that most federated instances are run by infantile people who would de-federate one another because of (mostly stupid) political disagreements. Which makes your life difficult as an user, on top of the many technical problems everyone in HN is able to bring to light. The big problem, IMO, is human, and no amount of tech is going to solve that. At least Reddit is big, what does the alternative social media bring to the table, that is not a dream of becoming something they themselves sabotage every time they have the opportunity. I'm not going to invest my time into comunities run by crybabies. Centralized social media has it's problems in this regard too but at least they put huge content in front of me. I've been researching alternatives to reddit lately, and I already found drama between Kbin and some Lemmy instance because some kulturwars I don't give a flying shit about. I live in a world surrounded by people that has, most likely, different political opinions than me. My friends, my GF, my family, they all have very conflicting opinions about many items, yet we get along together. Why can't you do the same with a fucking forum, you dimwit.