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One of these is not like the other
(lemmy.ca)
I'm not sure who is pushing #GlobalSwitchDay probably won't amount to anything, some of these platforms are certainly not ready a massive migration. The #RedditMigration was rough enough on Lemmy, it actually murdered #Kbin; #loops #PeerTube and #Friendica don't have nearly enough well-maintained instances to support any sort of massive migration. And Signal, well its better than WhatsApp, and its mostly Free Software, but it doesn't really align with all of the others that are, or at least intend to be in the case of Loops, federated services based on ActivityPub.
Having them all switch on a single day is a big ask and, quite frankly, naïve.
It would be fun though watching all major platforms experience loss of activity at the same time, followed by a frantic spawning of vots to "keep the conversation going"
100%. I want this more than nearly anything.
Back in the 90s I hoped that being online would raise everyone's game and we'd all become more technical, in general, and adapt. Sometimes, now, it feels the opposite.
None of the reddit user diasporas made a dent on reddit's usage, but people did start using other platforms.
Like tiktok's ban: it's not going to move people anywhere else because most people have multiple social media accounts thanks to marketing and that's what this is.
I agree it woudl be a big ask even if the platforms could support it. I don't precieve anytime that it would even be a good idea to directly encourage such behavior. The #twittermigration and #redditmigration where natural occurences that hit the 'verse hard. I believe they were a net good for ActivityPub and Free Software as a whole, but for many users the hiccups at that time where enough to sour them to "decentralization."
I don't think anyone expects them all to switch. It's literally just advertising, and it'll probably convince at least a few people to switch.
Here's hoping! 🤞
Don't forget: once you're off the car lot, you don't say 'the ask' any more. "A big request" happens to be English and also valid for the context.
it upgrades to huge ask outside the car park
dont' be a pendantic grammar commie.