Somebody gave me this link earlier as to why they don't like the Fediverse, from the perspective of an user
Somebody gave me this link earlier as to why they don't like the Fediverse, from the perspective of an user
something that sort of confuses me about the fediverse, conceptually, is the idea that these disparate apps are cross-compatible in some way. like obvs there's mastodon-compatible platforms (pleroma, akkoma, etc) but in general other fediverse (pixelfed, kbin) are either only partially compatible1 o...
The core phrase of the blog post: "no one has done an especially good job explaining why the fediverse is better than centralized solutions".
Feels to me that it's all growing pains, we WOULD benefit for a federated auth system instead of an account on every service, and we need lots of bug fixing, i just wish all these social media shitstorms had happened a couple years later and not at this point...
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'Better' is relative. To me its better because no one person or group owns or controls the software. There's no central authority. Don't like the instance you're on? Just move to another. Cant find an instance you like? Host your own. Don't like the path the developers are taking? Fork the code. As long as the very core remains standard (ActivityPub), all possibilities are on.
There needs to be a return to being patient. Most fedi software is not beyond beta yet. They will develop and they will mature but right now the fediverse is a toddler learning to walk. There are issues but with time they'll get addressed. We've all got so addicted to shiny cool apps and services we've become prepared to sacrifice our privacy, our choices and our reason at the altar of a quick dopamine hit.
There's no big money to throw at these issues and therefore no dedicated team. This means solutions come slower. But they will come and they will be motivated by usefulness not profit. The people developing these things have lives and day jobs. Give them time.
<There needs to be a return to being patient. Most fedi software is not beyond beta yet. They will develop and they will mature but right now the fediverse is a toddler learning to walk. There are issues but with time they’ll get addressed. We’ve all got so addicted to shiny cool apps and services we’ve become prepared to sacrifice our privacy, our choices and our reason at the altar of a quick dopamine hit.>
This really touches the issue with me. I think I was one of the few in my circle who when on FB or Twitter used the browser on my phone. I rarely use apps unless I have to/need to. On Reddit I have used Bacon reader since 2012 simply because it was the best way for me.
I started here on the 12th and have really enjoyed it. I just use my mobile browser and have had such a great experience. I have found plenty of communities across instances and everything seems very intuitive. That said, I am old-ish (51) and have been online daily since the mid 90's.