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What are the reason most of the outside internet hates the fediverse (pricefield.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like if you scroll through any area outside of the fediverse you will here MASTODON SUCKKKKS OMG I HATE IT SO MUCH, it's gonna fail. or comments saying mastodon will only exist for another year tops. Keep in mind I know in terms of microblogging apps for the fediverse mastodon is not the best, calckey is likely the best but most people only know mastodon

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

People have gotten used to centralization. With most current social media, you download one app, create an account, and start following. So when people try, say, Mastodon, they expect it to be a Twitter clone. Then they have to deal with things like instances and 8t goes counter to their expectations.

I think that over time, development of more beginner-friendly clients will smooth out the expectation vs reality disconnect newcomers experience, as the advantages of decentralization become clear.