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the fediverse's complexity wouldn't matter as much if enough that people cared about was around (lemmy.wtf)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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people will navigate even the most convoluted software when motivated enough

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I don't need to have the majority of people in my social media. The ones that care are that ones that matter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

People are dumb, especially with anything new. Any intelligence filter excludes a substantial portion of the population. There are a large range of personalities and functional thought in humans. There is no universal low-bar barrier to entry. This is why it is so effective to exploit old familiar paths of branding or taking over an existing user base like with many American brands or like Twit-X

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Eh, I think it's the hole privacy issues that turn people off and consider it not worth their time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It is no different than anything on the public internet. Are we all cave rocking ourselves now?