For me to rely on Lemmy for news, there needs to be a LOT more action. Right now Reddit can be my sole news source because of how many people are on there.

The problem can be seen when looking at Twitter/X and the exodus that has been happening there. Mastodon was touted as a Twitter alternative but the onboarding was so confusing due to being federated. People don’t want to be confused they want things simple. This is why BlueSky took off rather than Mastodon.

Anyone remember Diaspora?*

Decentralization is not a new idea, it’s just too confusing to the masses right now. While the Lemmy onboarding process is actually pretty good, picking an instance is a trip up (it was for me for a very long time and I’m tech-savvy). Until that part is solved centralized services will always have more migrating users sadly.

And they confuse the two and think they’re being empathetic. I’m not even sure they have sympathy anymore.

This is the universe trolling us for the destruction we’ve done to our planet the last 100-200 years, right? I mean there’s no other logical explanation for what I just read if everything in that article is true.

Wait…what if I can see it as the end? Do I get to ditch my cane? Or do I need to get a dog to go with the cane now?