• Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip
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    12 days ago

    Having to explain federation is kind of the issue in my opinion.

    I don’t, nowadays, I just point to piefed.zip

    This would just be an alternative

    The issue is that there aren’t really instances that are similar enough to be considered interchangeable. They all have their specificity, be it admin style, defederation, downvotes enabled or disabled, front-ends available, etc.

    • Paradachshund@lemmy.today
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      12 days ago

      Yeah that’s a good point. Maybe it’s too different for it to work. I maintain that complexity will continue to push people away, though. If instances are that different we might have better luck referring to them as their own sites. That would just increase the flocking to single mega instances though. The most important feature of any social media site is who’s on it.