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this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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Why on Earth would we want to do that?
The last thing in the world the fediverse needs is a bunch of idiots blundering around in it.
As an idiot currently blundering around in it, I don't think this is something we can gatekeep, nor can we try and do it. It's just something that will happen
The great thing about the fediverse is that people have control over which instances they are around, and there will always be some more isolated ones if that's what you prefer
I don't think we can gatekeep it either.
But we can, or not, encourage it. I'd rather not. I've never - not even once in more than 30 years online - seen a forum get notably popular without it also, and obviously as a direct result, going to shit.
If the masses discover the fediverse and move here, that's not going to remain the case, guaranteed.
They'll bitch and moan because content isn't centralized (we've already seen that), and the rent-seeking fuckwads will, one way or another, rearrange things so that it is centralized, and specifically so that they can then squat on top of it and suck profit out of it, and it'll end up just another facebook/twitter/instagram/reddit.
Count on it.
As your local blundering idiot, I disagree.
To have actual content on here. I hate having to switch between the Fediverse and normal Social Media to get updates on the niche things I enjoy.